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dormant

/ˈdɔːmənt/DAWR-muhnt
/ˈdɔɹmənt/DAWR-muhnt

Meaningsleeping

Common meaning: asleep

Other meanings: inactive for now

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DAR‘sleep’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 153, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latindormiō, dormīre‘to sleep, be at rest’
  3. Frenchdormant
  4. Englishdormant‘asleep’ · today

dorm also in: dormitory

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin dormiō ‘to sleep, be at rest’.

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