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Sleep
English
Etymology
- from Middle English slep , Old English slæp .
Pronunciation
Noun
sleep (uncountable and countable)
- (Uncountable) an unconscious state during which a human or animal rests.
- I really need some sleep.
- (Countable, colloquial) an act or instance of sleeping.
- I'm just going to have a quick sleep.
- substance found in the corner of the eyes after waking.
- Wipe the sleep from your eyes.
Translations
- Belarusian: сон (son)
- Breton: kousked m
- Catalan: son
- Chinese: 睡眠
- Dutch: slaap m
- Finnish: uni
- French: sommeil m
- German: Schlaf m
- Greek: ύπνος (anc: hypnos, mod: ypnos or ipnos) (el )
- Hebrew: שינה ()
- Ido: dormar
- Interlingua: somno
- Italian: sonno m
- Japanese: 眠り (ねむり , nemuri)
- Korean: 잠 (jahm)
- Kurdish: xew f
- Latin: somnus
- Polish: sen
- Portuguese: sono m
- Romanian: somn n
- Slovak: spánok m (1)
- Slovio: spatie
- Spanish: sueño m
- Swedish: sömn (1), tupplur (2)
- Turkish: uyku
- Ukrainian: сон (son} (1)
Intransitive verb
to sleep (sleeps , slept, sleeping)
- to rest in a state of unconsciousness.
- You should sleep 8 hours a day.
- to accommodate in beds
- This caravan can sleep up to four people.
Translations
- Breton: kousket (1)
- Czech: spát (1)
- Danish: sove (1)
- Dutch: slapen (1)
- Esperanto: dormo (1)
- Finnish: nukkua (1)
- French: dormir (1)
- German: schlafen (1), unterbringen (2)
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- Ido: Dormar
- Interlingua: dormir (1)
- Italian: dormire (1)
- Japanese: 眠る (ねむる , nemuru) (1)
- Korean: 자다 (jah-da) (1)
- Kurdish (Kurmancî): nivistin , raketin , razan , veketin , xewtin , di xew çûn, di xew bûn
- Kurdish (Soranî): nûstin
- Latin: dormire (1)
- Malay: tidur (1)
- Norwegian: sove (1)
- Portuguese: dormir (1)
- Romanian: dormi (1)
- Slovak: spať (1)
- Slovio: spatit (1)
- Spanish: dormir (1)
- Swedish: sova (1)
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