snorer

See also: šnorer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English snore

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English snorer

From snore + -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

snorer (plural snorers)

1. A person who snores (or is snoring).

   One snorer can keep a whole room of sleepy people awake.

   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:

     But there, Erskine was not a snorer. And yet to look at him, or hear him sing his song, you would have taken him for a snorer, a great snorer.

Translations

person who snores

• Finnish: kuorsaaja
• French: ronfleur (fr) m, ronfleuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მხვრინავი (mxvrinavi)
• German: Schnarcher m, Schnarcherin f
• Marathi: घोरणारा m (ghorṇārā), घोरणारी f (ghorṇārī)
• Norman: ronflieux m
• Russian: храпу́н (ru) m (xrapún), храпу́нья (ru) f (xrapúnʹja)

Anagrams

• errnos, Rosner, sorner, Orrens

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

snorer m or f

1. indefinite plural of snor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

snorer f

1. indefinite plural of snor