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dormire

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to sleep
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) to be inactive, to not be doing anything, to fall asleep, to stand there and watch
  3. (figuratively, intransitive) to show no sign of life
  4. (figuratively, intransitive) to rest in peace
  5. (figuratively, intransitive) to rest in peace
  6. (intransitive, transitive) to sleep through something or a lapse of time
  7. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) to sleep through something or a lapse of time

Frequency

A2
Hyphenated as
dor‧mì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dorˈmi.re/
Etymology

From Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”). Cognate with Sicilian dòrmiri.

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