Meanings
nounsleepover (plural sleepovers)
plural sleepovers
- The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.
Since it would be too late to notify the many people whom we hope are coming, we are really working hard to find other facilities — probably to rent a hall for the meetings; perhaps arrange sleep-overs at Israeli members' homes.
1979 August 18, Ilana Weinstock, “Holy Land”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 10 - An overnight guest.
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Translations
Catalan festa de pijama
- festa de pijamathe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Danish overnatning
- overnatningthe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Dutch logeerpartijtje, logeerpartij
- logeerpartijtjethe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
- logeerpartijthe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Finnish yökylään jääminen, yökyläily
- yökylään jääminenthe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
- yökyläilythe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
French soirée pyjama
- soirée pyjamathe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
German Übernachtung
- Übernachtungthe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Hungarian ottalvós buli, pizsamaparti
- ottalvós bulithe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
- pizsamapartithe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Italian festa di pigiama
- festa di pigiamathe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Polish nocowanie, nocowanka
- nocowaniethe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
- nocowankathe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
- nocny gośćan overnight guest
Portuguese festa de pijama
- festa de pijamathe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Russian ночёвка, переночёвка
- ночёвка (nočóvka)the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
- переночёвка (perenočóvka)the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
- переночева́нье (perenočevánʹje)the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
Spanish pijamada, fiesta de pijamas
- pijamadathe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
- fiesta de pijamasthe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
- piyamadathe act of spending the night as a guest in another's house
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Cite this entry
APA
sleepover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepover
MLA
“sleepover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepover. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleepover,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleepover.
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