snoring

See also: snøring

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔːɹɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ

Noun

snoring (countable and uncountable, plural snorings)

1. The action or sound of breathing during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

   His snoring was so loud that it woke the neighbors.

   • (Can we date this quote by E. E. Cummings and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Then he asked if anyone wanted to dispute this assertion (he brandishing his revolver the while) and was answered by peaceful snorings.

Translations

action or sound

• Aleut: qungtux
• Armenian: խռմփոց (hy) (xṙmpʻocʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼾聲 / 鼾声 (zh) (hānshēng)

• Czech: chrápání (cs) n
• Dutch: gesnurk (nl) n
• Finnish: kuorsaus (fi)
• French: ronflement (fr) m
• Georgian: მხვრინავი (mxvrinavi)
• German: Schnarchen (de) n
• Hungarian: horkolás (hu)
• Irish: srannfach f
• Japanese: 鼾 (ja) (いびき, ibiki), 鼾声 (ja) (かんせい, kansei)
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• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: chrapanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: ronco (pt) m
• Romanian: sforăire (ro) f
• Russian: храп (ru) m (xrap)
• Swahili: mkoromo (sw)
• Swedish: snarkning (sv) c
• Tamil: குறட்டை (ta) (kuṟaṭṭai)
• Telugu: గురక (te) (guraka)
• Turkish: horlama (tr)
• Walloon: ronflaedje (wa) m, ronfelmint (wa) m

Verb

snoring

1. present participle and gerund of snore

Anagrams

• sorning