sommeil

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French sumeil, from Vulgar Latin *somniclum < *somniculum, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Proto-Italic *swepnos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.mɛj/

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• Rhymes: -ɛj

Noun

sommeil m (plural sommeils)

1. sleep

Derived terms

• apnée du sommeil
• avoir sommeil
• dormir du sommeil du juste
• tomber de sommeil

Further reading

• “sommeil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• immoles, immolés