somnolence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French somnolence, from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep, slumber”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑm.nə.ləns/
Noun[edit]
somnolence (usually uncountable, plural somnolences)
- A state of drowsiness or sleepiness.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
somnolence f (plural somnolences)
- sleepiness, drowsiness
- 1912, Pierre Loti, Un pèlerin d'Angkor:
- Et puis, surtout, midi approche, avec sa lassitude, avec son invincible somnolence.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Descendants[edit]
- → English: somnolence
- → Finnish: somnolenssi
- → Romanian: somnolență
Further reading[edit]
- “somnolence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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