somnolence

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑm.nə.ləns/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

somnolence (usually uncountable, plural somnolences)

1. A state of drowsiness or sleepiness.

Derived terms

• hypersomnolence
• insomnolence
• photosomnolence

Translations

a state of drowsiness or sleepiness — see also drowsiness,‎ sleepiness

• Belarusian: санлі́васць f (sanlívascʹ), аспа́ласць f (aspálascʹ)
• Bulgarian: сънли́вост (bg) f (sǎnlívost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 睡意 (zh) (shuìyì)

• Dutch: slaperigheid (nl) f
• Finnish: somnolenssi, uneliaisuus (fi)
• French: somnolence (fr) f
• Georgian: ძილიანობა (ʒilianoba), სომნოლენცია (somnolencia)
• German: Somnolenz (de) f, Schläfrigkeit (de) f
• Greek: υπνηλία (el) f (ypnilía)
• Hungarian: álmosság (hu), aluszékonyság (hu), szomnolencia
• Italian: sonnolenza (it) f
• Japanese: 眠気 (ja) (ねむけ, nemuke)
• Korean: 졸음 (ko) (joreum)
• Persian: خواب‌آلودی (xâb-âludi)
• Polish: senność (pl) m
• Portuguese: sonolência (pt) f
• Russian: сонли́вость (ru) f (sonlívostʹ)
• Spanish: somnolencia (es) f, soñolencia f
• Thai: ความง่วง (th) (kwaam-ngûuang)
• Ukrainian: сонли́вість f (sonlývistʹ), со́нність f (sónnistʹ), сонно́та f (sonnóta), сонли́виці f pl (sonlývyci), оспа́лість f (ospálistʹ), сонни́ці f pl (sonnýci)

See also

• hypersomnia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔm.nɔ.lɑ̃s/

Noun

somnolence f (plural somnolences)

1. sleepiness, drowsiness
   • 1912, Pierre Loti, Un pèlerin d'Angkor:

     Et puis, surtout, midi approche, avec sa lassitude, avec son invincible somnolence.

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Related terms

• somnolent

Descendants

• → English: somnolence
  • → Finnish: somnolenssi
• → Romanian: somnolență

Further reading

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