sleepless

English

Etymology

From Middle English slepeles, from Old English slǣplēas; equivalent to sleep +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliːpləs/
• Hyphenation: sleep‧less

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Adjective

sleepless (comparative more sleepless, superlative most sleepless)

1. Characterized by an absence of sleep: wakeful.

   I spent a sleepless night worrying about the exams.

Derived terms

• sleeplessly
• sleeplessness

Translations

absence of sleep

• Azerbaijani: yuxusuz
• Belarusian: бяссо́нны (bjassónny)
• Bulgarian: безсънен (bg) (bezsǎnen)
• Catalan: insomne
• Czech: bezesný m
• Dutch: slapeloos (nl)
• Esperanto: sendorma
• Finnish: uneton (fi)
• French: insomniaque (fr)
• Georgian: უძილარი (uʒilari), უძინარი (uʒinari), გამოუძინებელი (gamouʒinebeli), უძილო (uʒilo)
• German: schlaflos (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄγρυπνος (ágrupnos)

• Hungarian: álmatlan (hu)
• Ingrian: unetoin
• Japanese: 寝不足 (ja) (nebusoku)
• Kazakh: ұйқысыз (ūiqysyz)
• Kyrgyz: уйкусуз (ky) (uykusuz)
• Latin: insomnis, insopor
• Manx: sheer-ghooisht
• Maori: koheko, whakawhetū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: søvnløs

• Ottoman Turkish: اویقوسز (uykusuz), سهران (sehran)
• Plautdietsch: schloplooss
• Polish: bezsenny (pl)
• Portuguese: insone (pt)
• Romanian: nedormit (ro)
• Russian: бессо́нный (ru) (bessónnyj)
• Spanish: insomne (es), (noche) en vela
• Swedish: sömnlös (sv)
• Tagalog: puyat
• Turkish: uykusuz (tr)
• Ukrainian: безсо́нний (uk) (bezsónnyj)
• Welsh: di-gwsg