somnolent

English

WOTD – 19 June 2007

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒmnələnt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːmnələnt/

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Adjective

somnolent (comparative more somnolent, superlative most somnolent)

1. Drowsy or sleepy.
2. (dated) Causing literal or figurative sleepiness; soporific.

Translations

drowsy

• Catalan: somnolent
• Finnish: uninen (fi), somnolentti
• German: schläfrig (de)
• Kurdish:
• Maori: momoe
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• Portuguese: sonolento (pt)
• Russian: засыпа́ющий (ru) (zasypájuščij), дре́млющий (ru) (drémljuščij), со́нный (ru) (sónnyj)
• Spanish: somnoliento (es)
• Westrobothnian:

soporific

• Finnish: unettava
• German: einschläfernd (de)
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• Kurdish:
• Russian: усыпля́ющий (ru) (usypljájuščij), убаю́кивающий (ru) (ubajúkivajuščij)

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} somnolienta (es)
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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)

1. drowsy (inclined to drowse)

Verb

somnolent

1. third-person plural present indicative of somnoler
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of somnoler

Further reading

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