dormir

• adormir

From Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō.

• IPA^(key): /doɾˈmiɾ/, [d̪oɾˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: dor‧mir

dormir (first-person singular indicative present dormo, past participle dormíu)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Inherited from Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”). Compare Occitan dormir, French dormir, Spanish dormir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [durˈmi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [doɾˈmiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

dormir (first-person singular present dormo, first-person singular preterite dormí, past participle dormit); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive) to sleep

• “dormir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dormir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dormir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dormir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• dromir (ORB)

Inherited from Latin dormīre.

dormir (ORB)

1. to sleep

• dormir in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• dormir in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Inherited from Middle French dormir, from Old French dormir, from Latin dormīre (“to sleep”), from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”).

• IPA^(key): /dɔʁ.miʁ/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   Synonym: pioncer

   Hyponyms: faire la sieste, faire un somme, sommeiller, somnoler, siester

   Vous devriez essayer de dormir. ― You should try to sleep.

   Je dormais quand vous avez appelé. ― I was sleeping when you called.

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and servir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) dors and (il) dort in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *dormis and *dormit (as in the past historic).

• dortoir

• → Belizean Creole: doado

• se coucher
• sommeil

• “dormir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

dormir (first-person singular present durmo, third-person singular present dorme, first-person singular preterite dormim or dormi, past participle dormido, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of durmir

• “dormir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

• dormí

From Latin dormīre.

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

From Old French dormir, from Latin dormiō, dormīre.

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

• French: dormir

• dòrmer, dourmir (Mistralian spelling)

From Old Occitan dormir, from Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō.

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dormir (Languedoc)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 249.

From Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō.

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: dormir
  • French: dormir
• Norman: dormi
• Walloon: doirmi

From Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French dormir.

dormir

1. to sleep

• Occitan: dormir

  Auvergnat: dromir

  Gascon: dromir, dròmer

  Limousin: durmir

  Vivaro-Alpine: durmir

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dormīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 140

• dromir (dialectal)
• drumir, drumi, dromi, dormi, durmi (eye dialect)
• durmir (obsolete or eye dialect)

From Old Galician-Portuguese dormir, durmir, from Latin dormīre (“to sleep”), from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”).

• Hyphenation: dor‧mir

dormir (first-person singular present durmo, third-person singular present dorme, first-person singular preterite dormi, past participle dormido)

1. (intransitive) to sleep; to be asleep (to rest in a state of reduced consciousness)

   O gato está a dormir/dormindo.

   The cat is sleeping.

2. (intransitive) to fall asleep (to become asleep)

   Demorou horas até que eu dormisse.

   Hours passed before I fell asleep.

3. (transitive) to have a given type of sleep

   Dormir uma soneca.

   To have a nap.

4. (figurative, intransitive) to sleep (to be temporarily inactive)

   A célula dos terroristas está a dormir/dormindo.

   The terrorist cell is asleep.

5. (euphemistic, transitive with com) to sleep with (to have sex with)

   Apanhei-a a dormir/dormindo com um rapaz.

   I caught her sleeping with a boy.

6. (figurative, transitive with com) to be constantly with

   A memória da guerra dorme com o veterano.

   The memory of the war sleeps with the veteran.

7. (poetic, intransitive) to be dead

   Todos (os) meus heróis dormem.

   All my heroes are dead.

8. (informal, of a limb, intransitive) to fall asleep (to temporarily lose blood circulation)

   Acordei no meio da noite e (o) meu braço tinha dormido.

   I woke up in the middle of the night and my arm had fallen asleep.

9. (Brazil, slang, intransitive) not to notice a problem

   O controlador dormiu e os aviões bateram.

   The controller didn’t pay attention and the aeroplanes collided.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dormir.

• dormitório

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: durmi
• Kabuverdianu: durmi
• Macanese: durmí
• Papiamentu: drumi

Inherited from Old Spanish dormir, from Latin dormīre, dormiō, from Proto-Italic *dormiō (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”).

• IPA^(key): /doɾˈmiɾ/ [d̪oɾˈmiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: dor‧mir

dormir (first-person singular present duermo, first-person singular preterite dormí, past participle dormido)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   Duermo muy bien todas las noches.

   I sleep very well every night.

2. (reflexive) to fall asleep

   ¿En qué piensas mientras te duermes?

   What do you think of while you fall asleep?

3. (reflexive) to sleep in

   ¿Qué hora es? ¡Me he dormido!

   What time is it? I've overslept!

4. (euphemistic) to die; to rest in death

   Y así la reina durmió para siempre.

   And so rested the queen for forever.

5. (transitive) to put to sleep (someone or something)

   Los durmió a todos usando un hechizo.

   He put them all to sleep by using a spell.

6. (euphemistic, medicine) to anesthetize

   Solo un médico puede dormir a un paciente.

   Only a doctor can anesthetize a patient.

7. (euphemistic, medicine) to euthanize, to put down (mainly for pets but also people)

   Ayer por la tarde durmieron a mi gato.

   Yesterday evening my cat was put to sleep.

• “dormir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō (“I sleep”). Compare Italian dormire.

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   Synonyms: momir, polegiar