Meanings
nouninsomnia (countable and uncountable, plural insomnias)
plural insomnias
- countableuncountablemedicineA sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.
My mother suffers from insomnia.
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It’s also possible for insomnia to be caused by restless leg syndrome.
2024 March 11, Madeline Holcombe, “What to do on the nights you are struggling with insomnia, according to experts”, in CNN - countableinformaluncountableTemporary inability to sleep.
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Ancient Greek ἀγρυπνίᾱ, ἀϋπνία
- ἀγρυπνίᾱ (agrupníā)sleeping disorder
- ἀϋπνία (aüpnía)sleeping disorder
Arabic أَرَق, سُهْد
- أَرَق (ʔaraq)sleeping disorder
- سُهْد (suhd)sleeping disorder
Bengali অনিদ্রা
- অনিদ্রা (onidra)sleeping disorder
Brazilian Portuguese insônia
- insôniasleeping disorder
Bulgarian безсъ́ние
- безсъ́ние (bezsắnie)sleeping disorder
Catalan insomni
- insomnisleeping disorder
Chinese Cantonese 失眠, 失眠症
- 失眠sleeping disorder
- 失眠症sleeping disorder
Chinese Mandarin 失眠
- 失眠 (shīmián)sleeping disorder
Czech nespavost, insomnie
- nespavostsleeping disorder
- insomniesleeping disorder
Danish søvnløshed
- søvnløshedsleeping disorder
Dutch slapeloosheid
- slapeloosheidsleeping disorder
Esperanto sendormeco
- sendormecosleeping disorder
Estonian unetus
- unetussleeping disorder
European Portuguese insónia
- insóniasleeping disorder
Finnish unettomuus
- unettomuussleeping disorder
French insomnie
- insomniesleeping disorder
German Schlaflosigkeit, Schlafstörung
- Schlaflosigkeitsleeping disorder
- Schlafstörungsleeping disorder
Greek αϋπνία
- αϋπνία (aÿpnía)sleeping disorder
Hebrew נְדוּדֵי שֵׁנָה
- נְדוּדֵי שֵׁנָהsleeping disorder
Hindi अनिद्रा, उन्निद्र
- अनिद्रा (anidrā)sleeping disorder
- उन्निद्र (unnidra)sleeping disorder
Hungarian álmatlanság
- álmatlanságsleeping disorder
Icelandic svefnleysi, andvaka
- svefnleysisleeping disorder
- andvakasleeping disorder
Irish neamhchodladh, neamhshuan
- neamhchodladhsleeping disorder
- neamhshuansleeping disorder
- díth codlatasleeping disorder
Italian insonnia
- insonniasleeping disorder
Japanese 不眠, 不眠症
- 不眠 (fumin)sleeping disorder
- 不眠症 (fuminshō)sleeping disorder
Korean 불면증
- 불면증 (bulmyeonjeung)sleeping disorder
Latin insomnia, insomnietās
- insomniasleeping disorder
- insomnietāssleeping disorder
Latvian bezmiegs
- bezmiegssleeping disorder
Lithuanian nemiga
- nemigasleeping disorder
Malay insomnia
- insomniasleeping disorder
Norwegian Bokmål søvnløshet, søvnløyse
- søvnløshetsleeping disorder
- søvnløysesleeping disorder
Persian بیخوابی
- بیخوابی (bi-xâbi)sleeping disorder
Polish bezsenność
- bezsennośćsleeping disorder
Punjabi ਅਨੀਂਦਰਾ
- ਅਨੀਂਦਰਾ (anīndrā)sleeping disorder
Romanian insomnie, nesomn
- insomniesleeping disorder
- nesomnsleeping disorder
Russian бессо́нница, инсомни́я
- бессо́нница (bessónnica)sleeping disorder
- инсомни́я (insomníja)sleeping disorder
Scottish Gaelic bacadh-cadail
- bacadh-cadailsleeping disorder
Slovak nespavosť
- nespavosťsleeping disorder
Spanish insomnio
- insomniosleeping disorder
Swedish insomni, sömnlöshet
- insomnisleeping disorder
- sömnlöshetsleeping disorder
Thai โรคนอนไม่หลับ
- โรคนอนไม่หลับ (rôok-nɔɔn-mâi-lòp)sleeping disorder
Turkish uykusuzluk
- uykusuzluksleeping disorder
Ukrainian безсо́ння, нічниця
- безсо́ння (bezsónnja)sleeping disorder
- нічниця (ničnycja)sleeping disorder
Urdu بے خوابی
- بے خوابی (be xvābī)sleeping disorder
Vietnamese mất ngủ
- mất ngủsleeping disorder
Welsh anhunedd
- anhuneddsleeping disorder
Yiddish שלאָפֿלאָזיקייט
- שלאָפֿלאָזיקייט (shloflozikeyt)sleeping disorder
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APA
insomnia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insomnia
MLA
“insomnia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insomnia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insomnia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insomnia.
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