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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dorˈmɛn.te/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: dor‧mèn‧te

Participle

dormente m or f by sense (plural dormenti)

  1. present participle of dormire

Adjective

dormente m or f by sense (plural dormenti)

  1. sleeping
  2. sleeper (as in sleeper agent)

Usage notes

  • In the adjective sense, and even more so when substantivized, the dormiente alternative form is preferred.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 dormente in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
  2. ^ dormente in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • dormiente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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

 

  • 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

References