snore

See also: snöre

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

• IPA^(key): /snɔː/
• IPA^(key): /snɔɹ/
• IPA^(key): /sno(ː)ɹ/
• IPA^(key): /snoə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Verb

snore (third-person singular simple present snores, present participle snoring, simple past and past participle snored)

1. 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

• saw wood

Derived terms

• snorer

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: 코를 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)

1. The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
2. (informal) An extremely boring person or event.

Synonyms

• snoozefest (2)
• snorefest (2)

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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• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• 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