Meanings
verbsnore (third-person singular simple present snores, present participle snoring, simple past and past participle snored)
present singular third person snores · participle present snoring · participle past snored · past snored
- ambitransitiveTo breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
The lumpiſh husband ſnoar'd avvay the night, / Till coughs avvak'd him near the morning light.
1709, Alexander Pope, “January and May; or, The Merchant’s Tale, from Chaucer”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, page 2231 more example
While you here do ſnoaring lie, / Open-ey'd Conſpiracie / His time doth take: / If of Life you keepe a care, / Shake off ſlumber, and beware. / Awake, awake.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], pages 8-9Synonyms: saw wood
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
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nounAn extremely boring person or event.
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nounthe act of snoring or producing a snoring sound
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pnew-“to breathe; snort; sneeze”
- Proto-Germanic*fnuzô
- Old Englishfnora“snort; sneezing”
- Middle Englishsnore
- Middle Englishsnoren
- Englishsnore
From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”). The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans snork
- snorkbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Ancient Greek ῥέγκω
- ῥέγκω (rhénkō)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
Arabic شَخَرَ, شَخِير
- شَخَرَ (šaḵara)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- شَخِير (šaḵīr)act and noise of snoring
Bengali নাক ডাকা
- নাক ডাকা (nak ḍaka)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
Bulgarian хъ́ркам, хъркане
- хъ́ркам (hắrkam)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- хъркане (hărkane)act and noise of snoring
Catalan roncar
- roncarbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Chinese Cantonese 打鼾
- 打鼾 (daa² hon⁴)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
Chinese Mandarin 打鼾, 鼾聲 /鼾声
- 打鼾 (dǎhān)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- 鼾聲 /鼾声 (hānshēng)act and noise of snoring
Czech chrápat, chrápání
- chrápatbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- chrápáníact and noise of snoring
Danish snorke
- snorkebreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Dutch snurken, gesnurk
- snurkenbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- gesnurkact and noise of snoring
Esperanto ronki
- ronkibreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Estonian norskama
- norskamabreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Finnish kuorsata, kuorsaus
- kuorsatabreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- kuorsausact and noise of snoring
French ronfler, ronflement
- ronflerbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- ronflementact and noise of snoring
German schnarchen, Schnarchen
- schnarchenbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- Schnarchenact and noise of snoring
Greek ροχαλίζω, ροχαλητό
- ροχαλίζω (rochalízo)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- ροχαλητό (rochalitó)act and noise of snoring
- ροχάλισμα (rochálisma)act and noise of snoring
Hebrew נָחַר, נְחִירָה
- נָחַר (nakhár)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- נְחִירָה (nekhira)act and noise of snoring
Hindi खर्राटा लेना
- खर्राटा लेना (kharrāṭā lenā)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
Hungarian horkol, horkolás
- horkolbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- horkolásact and noise of snoring
Icelandic hrjóta
- hrjótabreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Indonesian mendengkur, berdengkur
- mendengkurbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- berdengkurbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Irish srann
- srannbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Italian russare, ronfare
- russarebreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- ronfarebreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Japanese 鼾をかく, 鼾を立てる
- 鼾をかく (ibiki o kaku)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- 鼾を立てる (ibiki o tateru)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- 鼾 (ibiki)act and noise of snoring
- 鼾声 (kansei)act and noise of snoring
Korean 코를 골다, 코골기
- 코를 골다 (ko-reul golda)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- 코골기 (kogolgi)act and noise of snoring
Latin stertō, rhonchō
- stertōbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- rhonchōbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Latvian krākt
- krāktbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Lithuanian knarkti
- knarktibreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Malay berdengkur
- berdengkurbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Māori korowaru, ngongoro
- korowarubreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- ngongorobreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- pipihabreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- perubreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Norwegian snorke
- snorkebreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Persian خرخر کردن, خرناس کشیدن
- خرخر کردن (xorxor kardan)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- خرناس کشیدن (xornâs kešidan)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- خروپفیدنbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- خرناسیدنbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- خرناس (xornâs)act and noise of snoring
- خروپفact and noise of snoring
- خرناسact and noise of snoring
- صدای خروپفact and noise of snoring
- صدای خرناسact and noise of snoring
Polish chrapać
- chrapaćbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Portuguese roncar, ronco
- roncarbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- roncoact and noise of snoring
Romanian sforăi, sforăit
- sforăibreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- sforăitact and noise of snoring
- sforăialăact and noise of snoring
- sforăiturăact and noise of snoring
- sforăireact and noise of snoring
Russian храпе́ть, храп
- храпе́ть (xrapétʹ)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- храп (xrap)act and noise of snoring
Scottish Gaelic srann, srann
- srannbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- srannact and noise of snoring
Slovak chrápať, chrápanie
- chrápaťbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- chrápanieact and noise of snoring
Spanish roncar, ronquido
- roncarbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- ronquidoact and noise of snoring
- jipíoact and noise of snoring
- jipidoact and noise of snoring
Swahili mkoromo
- mkoromoact and noise of snoring
Swedish snarka, snarkning
- snarkabreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- snarkningact and noise of snoring
Tagalog humilik, hilik
- humilikbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- hilikact and noise of snoring
- paghilikact and noise of snoring
Tamil குறட்டை
- குறட்டை (kuṟaṭṭai)act and noise of snoring
Thai กรน, การกรน
- กรน (gron)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- การกรน (gaan-gron)act and noise of snoring
Turkish horlamak, horultu
- horlamakbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- horultuact and noise of snoring
- horlamaact and noise of snoring
Ukrainian хропі́ти, храп
- хропі́ти (xropíty)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- храп (xrap)act and noise of snoring
Urdu خراٹا لینا
- خراٹا لینا (xarāṭā lenā)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
Vietnamese ngáy, tiếng ngáy
- ngáybreathe during sleep with harsh noises
- tiếng ngáyact and noise of snoring
Welsh chwyrnu
- chwyrnubreathe during sleep with harsh noises
Yiddish כראָפּען
- כראָפּען (khropen)breathe during sleep with harsh noises
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with snore
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APA
snore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snore
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“snore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snore. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snore.
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