Meanings
nounsomnolence (usually uncountable, plural somnolences)
plural somnolences
- uncountableusuallyA state of drowsiness or sleepiness.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swépnos“sleep, slumber”
- Latinsomnus“sleep”
- Late Latinsomnolentia
- Middle Frenchsomnolence
- Englishsomnolence
Borrowed from Middle French somnolence, from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep, slumber”).
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Bulgarian сънли́вост
- сънли́вост (sănlívost)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Chinese Mandarin 睡意
- 睡意 (shuìyì)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Dutch slaperigheid
- slaperigheida state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Finnish somnolenssi, uneliaisuus
- somnolenssia state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- uneliaisuusa state of drowsiness or sleepiness
French somnolence
- somnolencea state of drowsiness or sleepiness
German Somnolenz, Schläfrigkeit
- Somnolenza state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- Schläfrigkeita state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Greek υπνηλία
- υπνηλία (ypnilía)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Hungarian álmosság, aluszékonyság
- álmossága state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- aluszékonysága state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- szomnolenciaa state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Italian sonnolenza
- sonnolenzaa state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Japanese 眠気
- 眠気 (nemuke)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Korean 졸음
- 졸음 (joreum)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Persian خوابآلودی
- خوابآلودی (xâb-âludi)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Polish senność
- sennośća state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Portuguese sonolência
- sonolênciaa state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Russian сонли́вость
- сонли́вость (sonlívostʹ)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Spanish somnolencia, soñolencia
- somnolenciaa state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- soñolenciaa state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Thai ความง่วง
- ความง่วง (kwaam-ngûuang)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Ukrainian сонли́вість, со́нність
- сонли́вість (sonlývistʹ)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- со́нність (sónnistʹ)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- сонно́та (sonnóta)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- сонли́виці (sonlývyci)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- оспа́лість (ospálistʹ)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
- сонни́ці (sonnýci)a state of drowsiness or sleepiness
Cite this entry
APA
somnolence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnolence
MLA
“somnolence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnolence. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somnolence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnolence.
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