sonno

Meaning

1. (masculine) the state of being asleep; sleep, slumber
2. (masculine) the need or desire for sleep; sleepiness
3. (figuratively, masculine) quiet, tranquility
4. (masculine, obsolete, poetic) dream

Concepts

sleep

😴

slumber

drowsiness

sleepiness

sleep

😴

somnolence

zzz

💤

nap

wakefulness

zzz

💤

dream

😴💭

Opposite of

veglia, insonnia, agitazione, confusione, turbamento

Synonyms

sonnolenza

sopore

dormita

😴

addormentamento

insonnia

lokka

sogno

😴💭

assopimento

Translations

sommeil

😴

Schlaf

😴

sueño

😴

sono

😴

son

somnus

😴

ύπνος

uyku

😴

slaap

😴

xew

😴

نوم

sòm

sopor

somnolence

Hyphenated as

són‧no, sòn‧no

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈson.no/

Etymology

From Latin somnus, from Proto-Italic *swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”). Cognate with Dalmatian samno, French somme, Lithuanian sãpnas, Romanian somn, Spanish sueño.