sommeil
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sumeil, from Vulgar Latin *somniclum < *somniculum, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Proto-Italic *swepnos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔ.mɛj/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛj
Noun
sommeil m (plural sommeils)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sommeil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.