stertorous

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɜː.təɹ.əs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɝ.tɚ.əs/

Adjective

stertorous (comparative more stertorous, superlative most stertorous)

1. Sounding like snoring or snorting.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IX, in The Understanding Heart:

     Baldy had not moved since lying down, and his regular and somewhat sterterous breathing […] told Monica that he was alive and resting comfortably.

Derived terms

• stertorously

Related terms

• stertor

Translations

Sounding like snoring

• Bulgarian: хри́пкав (bg) (hrípkav)
• Czech: chroptivý, chroptící
• Finnish: korahteleva, koriseva (fi)
• French: stertoreux (fr)
• German: röchelnd (de)
• Russian: тяжёлый (ru) (tjažólyj), хрипящий (ru) (xripjaščij), затруднённый (ru) (zatrudnjónnyj), стерторозный (stertoroznyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хроптав

  Roman: hroptav (sh)

• Spanish: estertoroso
• Ukrainian: хрипкий m (xrypkyj) (про дихання), стерторозний m (stertoroznyj)