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dormant
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)
- Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
- (heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
- (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)
- (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)
- dormant
- asleep
Derived terms
- Belle au bois dormant
Verb
dormant
- 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
- present participle of dormi
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dormitory
English
Etymology
From Middle English dormitory, dormytory, dormytorye, borrowed from Latin dorm?t?rium (“a sleeping-room”), from dormi? (“to sleep”). Doublet of dorter.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d??m??t??i/
Noun
dormitory (plural dormitories)
- A room containing a number of beds (and often some other furniture and/or utilities) for sleeping, often applied to student and backpacker accommodation of this kind.
- A building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks etc. who sleep there and use communal further facilities.
- A dormitory town.
Synonyms
- (room for sleeping) dorm (common abbreviation)
Related terms
- dorm
- dormant
- dormitive
- dormition
Translations
See also
- dorter, dortoir, dortour
Further reading
- dormitory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- dormitory in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- dormitory at OneLook Dictionary Search
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