slumber

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
2. (figuratively) A state of ignorance or inaction.
3. (rare) The snooze button on an alarm clock.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.
2. (intransitive) To be inactive or negligent.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To lay to sleep.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To stun; to stupefy.

Conceptes

dormir

😴

son

adormir

inèrcia

dormisquejar

dormitar

Sinònims

sleep

😴

doze

drowse

nap

drowsiness

snooze

kip

fall asleep

rest

catnap

log Z’s

be asleep

somnolence

catch some Z’s

repose

nod off

sopor

be dead

zizz

oneirism

rest in a state of sleep

beddy-bye

oscitance

sleep tight

microsleep

sleep-tight

crash

dozing

dream

😴💭

go to bed

hay

hibernate

lethargy

relax

roost

shut-eye

sleepiness

sleeping

😴

feel drowsy

half asleep

Traduccions

dormitar

schlummern

sluimeren

somnoler

dormicchiare

sommeil

😴

druilen

dormire

😴

dutten

sommeiller

Schlummer

dormir

😴

dormio

😴

dormiveglia

sopore

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈslʌm.bə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: slombren

Cognat amb frisó occidental: slommerje

Cognat amb neerlandès: sluimeren

Cognat amb alemany: schlummern

Cognat amb suec: slummer

In summary

From Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentative of Middle English slummen, slumen (“to doze”), probably from Middle English slume (“slumber”), from Old English slūma, from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”), equivalent to sloom + -er. Cognate with West Frisian slommerje, slûmerje (“to slumber”), Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), Swedish slummer (“to slumber”).