sieste

See also: šieste

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɛst/

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Noun

sieste f (plural siestes)

1. (countable) siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)

   Synonym: méridienne

   Hypernym: somme

   faire la sieste ― have a nap

Derived terms

• sieste crapuleuse
• siester

Descendants

• → Romanian: siestă

Further reading

• “sieste” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “sieste” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “sieste”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “sieste”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “sieste” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “sieste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Noun

sieste

1. plural of siestă