durmiente
Spanish
Etymology
From dormir (“to sleep”) + -iente. The sense “railway sleeper” is a semantic loan from English sleeper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duɾˈmjente/ [d̪uɾˈmjẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: dur‧mien‧te
Adjective
durmiente (plural durmientes)
- sleeping, who sleeps
- La bella durmiente. ― The sleeping beauty.
- (heraldry) dormant
Derived terms
- célula durmiente (“sleeper cell”)
Noun
durmiente m or f (plural durmientes)
- sleeper (person or creature who is sleeping)
- (rail transport, Latin America) railway sleeper, tie
- Synonym: traviesa
Further reading
- “durmiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014