sleeping

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ

Verb

sleeping

1. Present participle of sleep.

Adjective

sleeping (not comparable)

1. asleep
2. used for sleep; used to produce sleep.

Derived terms

• sleeping bag
• Sleeping Beauty
• sleeping car
• sleeping hours
• sleeping pill
• sleeping room

Translations

asleep — see asleep

used for sleep; used to produce sleep

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: dormanta (eo)
• French: endormi m, endormie f (1)
• German: Schlaf- (prefix)

• Italian: addormentato m, addormentata f (1)
• Latvian: iemidzis m, iemigusi f, guļam-

Noun

sleeping (uncountable)

1. the state or act of being asleep.

Translations

state or act of being asleep

• Catalan: dormint (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 睡眠 (cmn) (shuìmián)

• Finnish: nukkuminen (fi)
• French: sommeil (fr) m

• German: Schlaf (de) m
• Japanese: 睡眠 (ja) (すいみん, suimin), 眠り (ja) (ねむり, nemuri)
• Latvian: gulēšana f
• Russian: сон (ru) (son) m
• Spanish: durmiendo (es) m

Anagrams

• peelings

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French

Noun

sleeping m (plural sleepings)

1. sleeping car

Synonyms

• wagon-lit