Masculine
sonno
- (masculine) the state of being asleep; sleep, slumber
- (masculine) the need or desire for sleep; sleepiness
- (figuratively, masculine) quiet, tranquility
- (masculine, obsolete, poetic) dream
Opposite of
veglia, insonnia, agitazione, confusione, turbamento
Frequency
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.
Related words
sommeil
Schlaf
sueño
sono
son
somnus
ύπνος
uyku
slaap
xew
نوم
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