Meanings
plural nocturnal emissions
- An ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanied by an erotic dream.
In other stories of the midrashim, Adam, in penance for his fall, abstains from sexuality for 130 years, but he is not able to control his nocturnal emissions; in his dream state female spirits, the succubae, come and have intercourse with him, and with Adam's seed they give birth to demons.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 19Synonyms: night emission, nocturnal pollution, nightfall, wet dream
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn ejaculation or orgasm while asleep, often accompanied by an erotic dream.
Translations
Ancient Greek ὀνειρωγμός
- ὀνειρωγμός (oneirōgmós)ejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Arabic اِحْتِلَام
- اِحْتِلَام (iḥtilām)ejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Chinese Mandarin 夢遺 /梦遗, 遺精 /遗精
- 夢遺 /梦遗 (mèngyí)ejaculation or orgasm while asleep
- 遺精 /遗精 (yíjīng)ejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Czech poluce
- poluceejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Esperanto polucio
- polucioejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Finnish yöllinen siemensyöksy
- yöllinen siemensyöksyejaculation or orgasm while asleep
German Pollution
- Pollutionejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Hebrew קרי לילה, חלום רטוב
- קרי לילהejaculation or orgasm while asleep
- חלום רטובejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Hindi स्वप्नदोष
- स्वप्नदोष (svapnadoṣ)ejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Hungarian pollúció, éjszakai/spontán magömlés
- pollúcióejaculation or orgasm while asleep
- éjszakai/spontán magömlésejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Japanese 夢精, 遺精
- 夢精 (musei)ejaculation or orgasm while asleep
- 遺精 (isei)ejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Lithuanian poliucija
- poliucijaejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Māori moetoa
- moetoaejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Portuguese polução noturna
- polução noturnaejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Slovak mokrý sen, polúcia
- mokrý senejaculation or orgasm while asleep
- polúciaejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Spanish polución nocturna, emisión nocturna
- polución nocturnaejaculation or orgasm while asleep
- emisión nocturnaejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Thai ฝันเปียก
- ฝันเปียก (fǎn-bpìiak)ejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Turkish ihtilam, gece boşalması
- ihtilamejaculation or orgasm while asleep
- gece boşalmasıejaculation or orgasm while asleep
- ıslak rüyaejaculation or orgasm while asleep
Cite this entry
nocturnal emission. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nocturnal%20emission
“nocturnal emission.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nocturnal%20emission. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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