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dormition
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)
- The process of falling asleep.
- (euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself.
- (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.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 507:
Synonyms
- sleep
Related terms
- dorm
- dormant
- dormitive
- dormitory
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??.mi.sj??/
Noun
dormition f (plural dormitions)
- dormition
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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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