dormente

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dormente, from Latin dormientem, present active participle of dormiō (to sleep).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doɾˈmente/ [d̪oɾˈmẽn̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: dor‧men‧te

Adjective

dormente m or f (plural dormentes)

  1. dormant

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dorˈmen.te/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Hyphenation: dor‧mén‧te

Participle

dormente m or f (plural dormenti)

  1. present participle of dormire

Adjective

dormente m or f (plural dormenti)

  1. alternative form of dormiente

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese dormente, from Latin dormientem, present active participle of dormiō (to sleep). By surface analysis, dormir +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /doʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/ [doɦˈmẽ.t͡ʃi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /doɾˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /doʁˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /doɻˈmẽ.te/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽti, -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
  • Hyphenation: dor‧men‧te

Adjective

dormente m or f (plural dormentes)

  1. dormant
  2. numb
  3. (botany) of a plant whose leaves or petals curl up at night (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Noun

dormente m (plural dormentes)

  1. (rail transport) railway sleeper, railway tie
    Synonyms: chulipa, travessa

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