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sommeil.

sleep

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/sɔ.mɛj/

  1. sleep

    masculine

  2. sleepiness

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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