soporifero
See also: soporífero
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sopōriferum, derived from sopor (“sleep”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep- (“to sleep”). By surface analysis, sopor(e) (“sleep”) + -ifero (“bearing”, “carrying”, adjectival derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so.poˈri.fe.ro/
- Rhymes: -ifero
- Hyphenation: so‧po‧rì‧fe‧ro
Adjective
soporifero (feminine soporifera, masculine plural soporiferi, feminine plural soporifere)
- soporific
- (figurative, humorous) boring, tedious
Latin
Adjective
sopōriferō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sopōrifer