different between dorm vs dormition

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

Etymology

From Middle French dormition, from Latin dorm?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???m??(?)n/

Noun

dormition (countable and uncountable, plural dormitions)

1. The process of falling asleep.
2. (euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself.
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, often capitalized) The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 507:

     The Virgin had allegedly given away her robe just before her death – what is in Eastern tradition called her Dormition, or falling asleep.

Synonyms

• sleep

Related terms

• dorm
• dormant
• dormitive
• dormitory

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.mi.sj??/

Noun

dormition f (plural dormitions)

1. dormition