somnolent

English

WOTD – 19 June 2007    

Etymology

First attested in 1615. From French somnolent, from Old French sompolent, subsequently from Latin somnolentus, Latin somnus (“sleep”), Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“dream”), which both are derived from Proto-Indo-European *swep-.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɒmnələnt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɑːmnələnt/

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Adjective

somnolent (comparative more somnolent, superlative most somnolent)

1. Drowsy or sleepy.
2. (dated) Causing literal or figurative sleepiness; soporific.

Translations

drowsy

• Finnish: uninen (fi), somnolentti (fi)
• German: schläfrig (de)
• Kurdish: xewto (ku)

• Maori: momoe (mi)
• Portuguese: sonolento (pt)
• Russian: засыпающий (ru) (zasypájuščij), дремлющий (ru) (drémljuščij), сонный (ru) (sónnyj)

soporific

• Finnish: unettava (fi)
• German: einschläfernd (de)
• Kurdish: xewîner

• Russian: усыпляющий (ru) (usypljájuščij), убаюкивающий (ru) (ubajúkivajuščij)

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• Spanish: somnolienta

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French

Adjective

somnolent m (feminine somnolente, masculine plural somnolents, feminine plural somnolentes)

1. drowsy (inclined to drowse)

Verb

somnolent

1. third-person plural present indicative of somnoler
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of somnoler