sommeil
French
Etymology
From Old French sumeil, from Vulgar Latin *somniclum < *somniculum, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Proto-Italic *swepnos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔ.mɛj/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛj
Noun
sommeil m (plural sommeils)
- sleep
Derived terms
- apnée du sommeil
- avoir sommeil
- dormir du sommeil du juste
- tomber de sommeil
Further reading
- “sommeil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- immoles, immolés