sommeiller

French

Etymology

From sommeil +‎ -er. Cf. also Vulgar Latin *somniculāre, whence also Italian sonnecchiare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.mɛ.je/ ~ /sɔ.me.je/

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Verb

sommeiller

1. to doze, nap, sleep

   Synonym: somnoler

Conjugation

Conjugation of sommeiller (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sommeiller
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sommeillant /sɔ.mɛ.jɑ̃/ or /sɔ.me.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sommeillé /sɔ.mɛ.je/ or /sɔ.me.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/	sommeilles /sɔ.mɛj/	sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/	sommeillons /sɔ.mɛ.jɔ̃/ or /sɔ.me.jɔ̃/	sommeillez /sɔ.mɛ.je/ or /sɔ.me.je/	sommeillent /sɔ.mɛj/
	imperfect	sommeillais /sɔ.mɛ.jɛ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛ/	sommeillais /sɔ.mɛ.jɛ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛ/	sommeillait /sɔ.mɛ.jɛ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛ/	sommeillions /sɔ.mɛj.jɔ̃/	sommeilliez /sɔ.mɛj.je/	sommeillaient /sɔ.mɛ.jɛ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛ/
	past historic2	sommeillai /sɔ.mɛ.je/ or /sɔ.me.je/	sommeillas /sɔ.mɛ.ja/ or /sɔ.me.ja/	sommeilla /sɔ.mɛ.ja/ or /sɔ.me.ja/	sommeillâmes /sɔ.mɛ.jam/ or /sɔ.me.jam/	sommeillâtes /sɔ.mɛ.jat/ or /sɔ.me.jat/	sommeillèrent /sɔ.mɛ.jɛʁ/ or /sɔ.me.jɛʁ/
	future	sommeillerai /sɔ.mɛj.ʁe/	sommeilleras /sɔ.mɛj.ʁa/	sommeillera /sɔ.mɛj.ʁa/	sommeillerons /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɔ̃/	sommeillerez /sɔ.mɛj.ʁe/	sommeilleront /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sommeillerais /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɛ/	sommeillerais /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɛ/	sommeillerait /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɛ/	sommeillerions /sɔ.mɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /sɔ.me.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	sommeilleriez /sɔ.mɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /sɔ.me.jə.ʁje/	sommeilleraient /sɔ.mɛj.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/	sommeilles /sɔ.mɛj/	sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/	sommeillions /sɔ.mɛj.jɔ̃/	sommeilliez /sɔ.mɛj.je/	sommeillent /sɔ.mɛj/
	imperfect2	sommeillasse /sɔ.mɛ.jas/ or /sɔ.me.jas/	sommeillasses /sɔ.mɛ.jas/ or /sɔ.me.jas/	sommeillât /sɔ.mɛ.ja/ or /sɔ.me.ja/	sommeillassions /sɔ.mɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /sɔ.me.ja.sjɔ̃/	sommeillassiez /sɔ.mɛ.ja.sje/ or /sɔ.me.ja.sje/	sommeillassent /sɔ.mɛ.jas/ or /sɔ.me.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sommeille /sɔ.mɛj/	—	sommeillons /sɔ.mɛ.jɔ̃/ or /sɔ.me.jɔ̃/	sommeillez /sɔ.mɛ.je/ or /sɔ.me.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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