somnolent
English
Etymology
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First attested in 1615. Borrowed from French somnolent, from Old French sompnolent, subsequently from Latin somnolentus, from somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *supnós (“dream”), which both are derived from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *swep-.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
somnolent (comparative more somnolent, superlative most somnolent)
Translations
drowsy
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soporific
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French
Etymology
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From Old French sompnolent, borrowed from Latin somnolentus, derived from somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep”, “slumber”).
Adjective
somnolent (feminine somnolente, masculine plural somnolents, feminine plural somnolentes)
- drowsy (inclined to drowse)
Verb
somnolent
- third-person plural present indicative of somnoler
- third-person plural present subjunctive of somnoler
Further reading
- “somnolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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