dormente

Meaning

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) dormant
2. (feminine, masculine) numb
3. (feminine, masculine) of a plant whose leaves or petals curl up at night

Noun

railway sleeper, railway tie

Concepts

dormant

numb

railroad tie

sleeper

asleep

sleepers

tie

be numb

torpid

railroad ties

dead

💀

crosstie

crossties

Synonyms

travessa

formigando

viga em madeira

Dormente

Translations

Schwelle

durmiente

😴

dormant

traverse

αδρανής

dwarsligger

schlafend

traversa

فلنكات

Bahnschwelle

Eisenbahnschwelle

biels

travetti di legno

Pronounced as (IPA)

/doʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: dormiēns

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dormente, from Latin dormientem, present active participle of dormiō (“to sleep”). By surface analysis, dormir + -ente.