English

Noun

somnolence ‎(usually uncountable, plural somnolences)

1. a state of drowsiness or sleepiness

Synonyms

• hypersomnia

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus ‎(“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos ‎(“sleep, slumber”).

Noun

somnolence f ‎(plural somnolences)

1. sleepiness
   • 1912, Pierre Loti, Un pèlerin d'Angkor

     Et puis, surtout, midi approche, avec sa lassitude, avec son invincible somnolence.

Related terms

• somnolent