dormente

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dormente, from Latin dormientem, present active participle of dormiō (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doɾˈmente/ [d̪oɾˈmẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: dor‧men‧te

Adjective

dormente m or f (plural dormentes)

1. dormant

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “dormente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “dormente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “dormente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “dormente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “dormente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Alternative forms

• dormiente

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dorˈmɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: dor‧mèn‧te

Participle

dormente m or f by sense (plural dormenti)

1. present participle of dormire

Adjective

dormente m or f by sense (plural dormenti)

1. sleeping
2. sleeper (as in sleeper agent)

Usage notes

• In the adjective sense, and even more so when substantivized, the dormiente alternative form is preferred.

Further reading

• dormiente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• mordente, tremendo

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dormente, from Latin dormientem, present active participle of dormiō (“to sleep”). By surface analysis, dormir +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [doɦˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [doɦˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /doɾˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /doʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /doɻˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doʁˈmẽ.te/ [doɦˈmẽ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duɾˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽti, -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: dor‧men‧te

Adjective

dormente m or f (plural dormentes)

1. dormant
2. numb
3. (botany) of a plant whose leaves or petals curl up at night (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Noun

dormente m (plural dormentes)

1. (rail transport) railway sleeper, railway tie

   Synonyms: chulipa, travessa

Related terms

• dormência
• dormir

References

• “dormente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “dormente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “dormente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “dormente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dormente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913