dormire

See also: dormiré

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *drem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti

Proto-Italic *dormjō

Latin dormīre

Italian dormire

Inherited from Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti, from *drem- (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dorˈmi.re/

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• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: dor‧mì‧re

Verb

dormìre (first-person singular present dòrmo, first-person singular past historic dormìi, past participle dormìto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   Synonyms: riposare, sonnecchiare

2. (intransitive, idiomatic) to be inactive, to not be doing anything, to fall asleep, to stand there and watch

   Non dormire e mettiti subito a lavoro!

   Don't fall asleep and get working immediately!

   Adesso basta dormire, facciamo qualcosa!

   Enough standing there now, let's do something [about it]!

3. (intransitive, figurative) to show no sign of life
4. (intransitive, figurative) to rest in peace

   Synonym: riposare

   dorme in pace ― rests in peace

   1. (for a dead person's body or remains) to be buried or in the tomb; to rest

      Synonyms: riposare, giacere

      Qua dormono i resti del poeta. ― Here rest the remains of the poet.

5. (transitive) to sleep through something or a lapse of time

   dormire sonni tranquilli ― to sleep serenely

   1. (figurative) To waste, to not make use of a period of time

      Synonyms: sprecare, buttare al vento

      • 1513 December 10, Niccolò Macchiavelli, Lettera a Francesco Vettori‎^[1]:

        quindici anni che io sono stato a studio dell’arte dello stato, non gli ho né dormiti né giuocati

        [the] fifteen years I've been studying the art of state, I haven't either wasted them and let them fly by nor flushed them down the drain

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dormìre (-ire; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	dormìre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		dormèndo
present participle		dormènte, dormiènte	past participle		dormìto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	dòrmo	dòrmi	dòrme	dormiàmo	dormìte	dòrmono
imperfect	dormìvo	dormìvi	dormìva	dormivàmo	dormivàte	dormìvano
past historic	dormìi	dormìsti	dormì	dormìmmo	dormìste	dormìrono
future	dormirò	dormirài	dormirà	dormirémo	dormiréte	dormirànno
conditional	dormirèi	dormirésti	dormirèbbe, dormirébbe	dormirémmo	dormiréste	dormirèbbero, dormirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	dòrma	dòrma	dòrma	dormiàmo	dormiàte	dòrmano
imperfect	dormìssi	dormìssi	dormìsse	dormìssimo	dormìste	dormìssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		dòrmi	dòrma	dormiàmo	dormìte	dòrmano
negative imperative		non dormìre	non dòrma	non dormiàmo	non dormìte	non dòrmano

Related terms

• dormicchiare
• dormiente
• dormiglione
• dormirci
• dormirsela
• dormita
• dormitorio
• dormiveglia
• dormizione

Anagrams

• rimorde

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɔrˈmiː.rɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [dorˈmiː.re]

Verb

dormīre

1. present active infinitive of dormiō

Leonese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *drem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti

Proto-Italic *dormjō

Latin dormīre

Leonese dormire

Inherited from Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti, from *drem- (“to sleep”).

Verb

dormire

1. to sleep

References

• “dormire”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• durmire, dormì, durmì (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *drem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti

Proto-Italic *dormjō

Latin dormīre

Neapolitan dormire

Inherited from Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti, from *drem- (“to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [rurˈmi]

Verb

dormire

1. to sleep

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 647: “a dormire” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *drem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti

Proto-Italic *dormjō

Latin dormīre

Romanian dormi

Romanian -re

Romanian dormire

From dormi + -re.

Noun

dormire f (plural dormiri)

1. sleeping

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dormire	dormirea		dormiri	dormirile
genitive-dative	dormiri	dormirii		dormiri	dormirilor
vocative	dormire, dormireo			dormirilor

References

• dormire in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN