English
Etymology
From Middle English snoren , fnoren ( “ to snore loudly; snort ” ) , from Middle English snore , *fnore ( “ snore; snort ” , noun ) , from Old English fnora ( “ snort; sneezing ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô , from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- ( “ to breathe; snort; sneeze ” ) . Compare also Proto-Germanic *snarkjaną , Middle Low German snorren ( “ to drone ” ) , Dutch snorren ( “ to hum, purr ” ) .
The infrequency of the “fn ” combination coupled with the visual similarity of an “f ” and “ſ ” (long “s ”) assisted in ultimately turning “fnore ” into “ſnore (snore) ” (compare sneeze , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Middle English fnese ).
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /snɔː/
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Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "rhotic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /sno(ː)ɹ/
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Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Verb
snore (third-person singular simple present snores , present participle snoring , simple past and past participle snored )
To breathe during sleep with harsh , snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate .
1610–1611 (date written) , William Shakespeare , “The Tempest ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ ward] Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , [ Act II, scene i] , pages 8-9 :Ariell : While you here do ſnoaring lie, Open-ey'd Conſpiracie His time doth take: If of Life you keepe a care, Shake off ſlumber, and beware. Awake, awake.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
breathe during sleep with harsh noises
Afrikaans: snork
Ainu: エトㇿキ ( etorki )
Albanian: gërhas (sq)
Arabic: شَخَرَ ( šaḵara )
Moroccan Arabic: شخر ( šḵar )
Armenian: խռմփալ (hy) ( xṙmpʻal ) , խռմփացնել (hy) ( xṙmpʻacʻnel ) , խռռացնել (hy) ( xṙṙacʻnel )
Assamese: ঘোৰঘোৰা ( ɡhürɡhüra ) , নাক বজা ( nak boza )
Azerbaijani: xoruldamaq , xorlamaq
Belarusian: храпці́ impf ( xrapcí )
Bengali: নাক ডাকা ( nak ḑaka )
Bikol Central: maghukragong
Bulgarian: хъ̀ркам impf ( hǎ̀rkam )
Burmese: ဟောက် (my) ( hauk )
Catalan: roncar (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 打鼾 ( daa2 hon4 )
Mandarin: 打鼾 (zh) ( dǎhān )
Czech: chrápat impf
Danish: snorke (da)
Dutch: snurken (nl)
Elfdalian: skråita
Esperanto: ronki (eo)
Estonian: norskama
Faroese: snorka , róta
Finnish: kuorsata (fi)
French: ronfler (fr)
Georgian: ხვრინვა ( xvrinva )
German: schnarchen (de)
Greek: ροχαλίζω (el) ( rochalízo )
Ancient: ῥέγκω ( rhénkō )
Greenlandic: qannguivoq
Haitian Creole: wonfle
Hebrew: נָחַר (he) ( nakhár )
Hindi: खर्राटा लेना ( kharrāṭā lenā )
Hungarian: horkol (hu)
Hunsrik: schnorrikse
Icelandic: hrjóta
Indonesian: mendengkur (id) , berdengkur (id)
Irish: srann
Italian: russare (it)
Japanese: 鼾 を かく ( いびきをかく, ibiki o kaku ) , 鼾 を 立てる ( いびきをたてる, ibiki o tateru )
Kazakh: қорылдау ( qoryldau )
Khmer: ស្រមុក (km) ( srɑmok )
Korean: 코 를 골다 ( koreul golda )
Kyrgyz: корулдоо ( koruldoo )
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Lao: ກົນ (lo) ( kon ) , ນອນກົນ ( nǭn kon ) , ສຽງກົນ ( sīang kon )
Latgalian: kruokt
Latin: stertō , rhonchō
Latvian: krākt
Lithuanian: knarkti
Luxembourgish: ronken , schnaarchen
Macedonian: ‘рка impf ( ‘rka ) , грчи impf ( grči )
Malay: berdengkur
Manchu: ᡴᡡᠸᠠᠴᠠᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ ( kūwacarambi )
Maori: korowaru , ngongoro , korowaru , pipiha , peru
Mongolian: хурхирах (mn) ( xurxirax )
Navajo: ałhą́ą́ʼ
Norman: ronflier ( Jersey ) , raonfflaïr ( Guernsey )
Northern Sami: skuhrrat
Norwegian: snorke
Persian: خرخر کردن (fa) ( xorxor kardan ) , خرناس کشیدن (fa) ( xornâs kešidan )
Polish: chrapać (pl) impf
Portuguese: roncar (pt)
Romanian: sforăi (ro)
Romansch: sgruflar , runtgir
Russian: храпе́ть (ru) impf ( xrapétʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: srann
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хр́кати impf
Roman: hŕkati (sh) impf
Slovak: chrápať impf
Slovene: smrčati (sl) impf
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: smorčeć
Spanish: roncar (es)
Swedish: snarka (sv)
Tagalog: humilik
Tajik: хуррок кашидан ( xurrok kašidan ) , хӯрок кашидан ( xürok kašidan )
Thai: กรน (th) ( gron )
Tibetan: སྔུར་པ་བཏང ( sngur pa btang )
Turkish: horlamak (tr)
Turkmen: hor çekmek
Ukrainian: хропі́ти impf ( xropíty )
Urdu: خراٹا لینا ( kharrāṭā lenā )
Uzbek: xurrak otmoq (uz) , xirillamoq (uz)
Vietnamese: ngáy (vi)
Volapük: snokön , snorön
Walloon: ronfler (wa) , ronfyî (wa)
Welsh: chwyrnu (cy)
Yiddish: כראָפּען ( khropen )
Noun
snore (plural snores )
The act of snoring , and the noise produced.
( informal ) An extremely boring person or event.
Synonyms
Translations
act and noise of snoring
Albanian: gërhimë (sq) f
Arabic: شَخِير m ( šaḵīr )
Armenian: խռմփոց (hy) ( xṙmpʻocʻ ) , խռմփալը (hy) ( xṙmpʻalə )
Assamese: ঘোৰঘোৰণি ( ɡhürɡhüroni )
Belarusian: храп m ( xrap )
Bikol Central: hukragong
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鼾聲 / 鼾声 (zh) ( hānshēng ) , 鼾声 (zh) ( hānshēng )
Dutch: gesnurk (nl) n
Finnish: kuorsaus (fi)
French: ronflement (fr) m
Georgian: ხვრინვა ( xvrinva )
German: Schnarchen n
Greek: ροχαλητό (el) n ( rochalitó ) , ροχάλισμα (el) n ( rochálisma )
Hebrew: נְחִירָה (he) f ( nekhira )
Hungarian: horkolás
Hunsrik: Schnorrikse n
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Japanese: 鼾 (ja) ( いびき, ibiki ) , 鼾声 ( かんせい, kansei )
Korean: 코골기 ( kogolgi )
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Persian: خرناس (fa) ( xornâs )
Portuguese: ronco (pt) m
Romanian: sforăit (ro) n , sforăială (ro) f , sforăitură (ro) f , sforăire (ro) f
Russian: храп (ru) m ( xrap )
Scottish Gaelic: srann m or f
Spanish: ronquido (es) m
Swahili: mkoromo (sw)
Swedish: snarkning c
Tagalog: hilik (tl) , paghilik
Thai: การกรน (th)
Turkish: horultu (tr) , horlama (tr)
Ukrainian: храп m ( xrap )
Vietnamese: tiếng ngáy
Volapük: snok , snor
Anagrams
Ensor , Neros , Norse , Roens , Rones , Rosen , neros , noser , oners , renos , rosen , senor , seron , señor