different between dorm vs dormant

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??m/
• Rhymes: -??(r)m

Noun

dorm (plural dorms)

1. Clipping of dormitory.

Translations

Verb

dorm (third-person singular simple present dorms, present participle dorming, simple past and past participle dormed)

1. (intransitive, informal) To reside in a dorm.

   I haven't seen Emily since I dormed with her in our student days.

   • 2008, Veronica Hulan, One of Those Nice Guys (page 11)

     He spent a year at Wayne State University before transferring to Stanford to be with Chase. They dormed together at Crothers Hall, studied together at William Gould Hall and came home on vacations together.

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin dormi?.

Verb

dorm (third-person singular present indicative dormi, past participle durnjite)

1. Alternative form of dormu

Related terms

• durnjeri
• durnjit

Catalan

Verb

dorm

1. third-person singular present indicative form of dormir
2. second-person singular imperative form of dormir

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dorm]

Verb

dorm

1. first-person singular present indicative of dormi

   Eu dorm. Întoarce mâine.

   I'm sleeping. Come back tomorrow.

2. first-person singular present subjunctive of dormi

   Ce fac? Încerc s? dorm!

   What am I doing? I'm trying to sleep!

3. third-person plural present indicative of dormi

   Ei dorm ca bebelu?i.

   They're sleeping like babies.

English

Alternative forms

• dormaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormi?ns, present participle of dormi? (“I sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??m?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??m?nt/

Adjective

dormant (not comparable)

1. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
2. (heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.

3. (architecture) Leaning.

Synonyms

• (inactive, suspended): quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive

Antonyms

• (inactive, suspended): active
• (volcano: inactive): active, extinct

Related terms

• dorm
• dormancy
• dormition
• dormitive
• dormitory

Translations

Noun

dormant (plural dormants)

1. (architecture) A crossbeam or joist.

Further reading

• dormant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dormant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• dormant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• mordant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.m??/

Adjective

dormant (feminine singular dormante, masculine plural dormants, feminine plural dormantes)

1. dormant
2. asleep

Derived terms

• Belle au bois dormant

Verb

dormant

1. present participle of dormir

Further reading

• “dormant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mordant

Norman

Verb

dormant

1. present participle of dormi