Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A state of drowsiness or sleepiness.

    Somnolenz, Schläfrigkeit

    сонли́востьsonlívostʹ

    сонли́вістьsonlývistʹ, со́нністьsónnistʹ, сонно́таsonnóta

    a very sleepy state

Translations

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Українська
By meaning 1
a state of drowsiness or sleepiness:
Русский
By meaning 1
a state of drowsiness or sleepiness:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a state of drowsiness or sleepiness:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French somnolence, from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin so

Borrowed from Middle French somnolence, from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep, slumber”).

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Forms

plural: somnolences
Singularsomnolence

uncountable

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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