snore
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snore
- /snɔː/ UK
- /snoɹ/ US
- /sno(ː)ɹ/
- /snoə/
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”).
The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).
verb snores · snoring · snored
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To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
While you here do ſnoaring lie, / Open-ey'd Conſpiracie / His time doth take: / If of Life you keepe a care, / Shake off ſlumber, and beware. / Awake, awake.
Similar: saw wood
noun snores
- The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
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An extremely boring person or event.
Similar: snooze, snoozefest, snore-fest
Translations
Every language
verb breathe during sleep with harsh noises
| Español | roncar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 코를 골다 ko-reul golda |
| 日本語 | 鼾をかく ibiki o kaku, 鼾を立てる ibiki o tateru |
| 中文 | 打鼾 dǎhān |
| हिन्दी | खर्राटा लेना kharrāṭā lenā |
| Português | roncar |
| Français | ronfler |
| Deutsch | schnarchen |
| Italiano | russare, ronfare |
| Ελληνικά | ροχαλίζω rochalízo |
| Română | sforăi |
| Русский | храпе́ть xrapétʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ngáy |
| العربية | شَخَرَ šaḵara |
| עברית | נָחַר nakhár |
noun act and noise of snoring
| Español | ronquido, jipío, jipido |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 코골기 kogolgi |
| 日本語 | 鼾 ibiki, 鼾声 kansei |
| 中文 | 鼾聲 /鼾声 hānshēng |
| Kiswahili | mkoromo |
| Português | ronco |
| Français | ronflement |
| Deutsch | Schnarchen |
| Ελληνικά | ροχαλητό rochalitó, ροχάλισμα rochálisma |
| Română | sforăit, sforăială, sforăitură, sforăire |
| Русский | храп xrap |
| Tiếng Việt | tiếng ngáy |
| العربية | شَخِير šaḵīr |
| עברית | נְחִירָה nekhira |
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title = {snore},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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