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somnolent

 
Dictionary: som·no·lent   (sŏm'nə-lənt) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Drowsy; sleepy.
  2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.

[Middle English sompnolent, from Old French, from Latin somnolentus : somnus, sleep + -olentus, abounding in.]

somnolently som'no·lent·ly adv.
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(sŏm'nə-lənt)
adj.
  1. Drowsy; sleepy.
  2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.
  3. In a condition of incomplete sleep; semicomatose.
 
WordNet: somnolent
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: inclined to or marked by drowsiness
  Synonyms: slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous


 
Translations: Somnolent
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - søvnig, søvndyssende, døsig

Nederlands (Dutch)
slaperig, slaapverwekkend, saai

Français (French)
adj. - somnolent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schläfrig, einschläfernd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπναλέος, νυσταλέος, κοιμήσικος

Italiano (Italian)
sonnolento

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sonolento (m)

Русский (Russian)
усыпляющий, сонный, дремлющий, сонливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - somnoliento, soñoliento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sömnig, dåsig, sövande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
想睡的, 催眠的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 想睡的, 催眠的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 졸린, 최면의, 잠이 오게 하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 眠けを催している, 眠い, 眠けを催させる, 催眠の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منوم, نعسان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רדים, מנומנם, מרדים‬


 
 
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