roupillon

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roupillon

\ʁu.pi.jɔ̃\

Sounds like roupillons, roupiller

Where it comes from

Déverbal de roupiller avec le suffixe substantivant -on.

noun roupillons

colloquial Somme, sieste. Ne s’emploie le plus souvent qu’à la suite du verbe piquer. Kovaliov entra chez lui au moment où il s’étendait, grognait et disait : “Ah, un petit roupillon de deux heures !”

Similar: sieste, sieston, somme

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noun

Similar: sieste, sieston, somme

In English

nap a short period of sleep, especially during the day
snooze A period of sleep; a nap
beauty sleep extra sleep; an instance of this

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"roupillon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/roupillon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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roupillon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/roupillon

Chicago

"roupillon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/roupillon.

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@misc{roupillon_2026,
  title = {roupillon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/roupillon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}