dormir

Asturian

Alternative forms

• adormir

Etymology

From Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doɾˈmiɾ/,
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: dor‧mir

Verb

dormir (first-person singular indicative present dormo, past participle dormíu)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”). Compare Occitan dormir, French dormir, Spanish dormir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

dormir (first-person singular present dormo, first-person singular preterite dormí, past participle dormit); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “dormir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dormir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dormir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dormir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dormir, from Old French dormir, from Latin dormīre (“to sleep”), from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔʁ.miʁ/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   Synonym: pioncer

   Hyponyms: faire la sieste, faire un somme, sommeiller, somnoler, siester

   Vous devriez essayer de dormir. ― You should try to sleep.

   Je dormais quand vous avez appelé. ― I was sleeping when you called.

Conjugation

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and servir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) dors and (il) dort in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *dormis and *dormit (as in the past historic).

Derived terms

Related terms

• dortoir

Descendants

• → Belizean Creole: doado

See also

• se coucher
• sommeil

Further reading

• “dormir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Verb

dormir (first-person singular present durmo, third-person singular present dorme, first-person singular preterite dormim or dormi, past participle dormido, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of durmir

Conjugation

References

• “dormir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Interlingua

Verb

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Conjugation

Ladin

Alternative forms

• dormí

Etymology

From Latin dormīre.

Verb

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French dormir, from Latin dormiō, dormīre.

Verb

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Descendants

• French: dormir

Occitan

Alternative forms

• dòrmer, dourmir (Mistralian spelling)

Etymology

From Old Occitan dormir, from Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedocien)

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Verb

dormir (Languedoc)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dormir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		dormir			?er dormit
past participle		dormit			—
gerund		dormissent			?ent dormit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	dormissi	dormisses	dormís	dormissèm	dormissètz	dormisson
	imperfect	dormissiái	dormissiás	dormissiá	dormissiam	dormissiatz	dormissián
	preterite	dormiguèri	dormiguères	dormiguèt	dormiguèrem	dormiguèretz	dormiguèron
	future	dormirai	dormiràs	dormirà	dormirem	dormiretz	dormiràn
	conditional	dormiriái	dormiriás	dormiriá	dormiriam	dormiriatz	dormirián
	conditional 2nd form1	dormiguèra	dormiguèras	dormiguèra	dormigueram	dormigueratz	dormiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	dormisca	dormiscas	dormisca	dormiscam	dormiscatz	dormiscan
	imperfect	dormiguèsse	dormiguèsses	dormiguèsse	dormiguèssem	dormiguèssetz	dormiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			dormís		dormiscam	dormissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 249.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō.

Verb

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: dormir
  • French: dormir
• Norman: dormi
• Walloon: doirmi

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French dormir.

Verb

dormir

1. to sleep

Descendants

• Occitan: dormir

  Auvergnat: dromir

  Gascon: dromir, dròmer

  Limousin: durmir

  Vivaro-Alpine: durmir

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dormīre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 140

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dromir (dialectal)
• drumir, drumi, dromi, dormi, durmi (eye dialect)
• durmir (obsolete or eye dialect)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dormir, durmir, from Latin dormīre (“to sleep”), from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dor‧mir

Verb

dormir (first-person singular present durmo, third-person singular present dorme, first-person singular preterite dormi, past participle dormido)

2. (intransitive) to sleep; to be asleep (to rest in a state of reduced consciousness)

   O gato está a dormir/dormindo.

   The cat is sleeping.

4. (intransitive) to fall asleep (to become asleep)

   Demorou horas até que eu dormisse.

   Hours passed before I fell asleep.

6. (transitive) to have a given type of sleep

   Dormir uma soneca.

   To have a nap.

8. (figurative, intransitive) to sleep (to be temporarily inactive)

   A célula dos terroristas está a dormir/dormindo.

   The terrorist cell is asleep.

10. (euphemistic, transitive with com) to sleep with (to have sex with)

    Apanhei-a a dormir/dormindo com um rapaz.

    I caught her sleeping with a boy.

12. (figurative, transitive with com) to be constantly with

    A memória da guerra dorme com o veterano.

    The memory of the war sleeps with the veteran.

14. (poetic, intransitive) to be dead

    Todos (os) meus heróis dormem.

    All my heroes are dead.

16. (informal, of a limb, intransitive) to fall asleep (to temporarily lose blood circulation)

    Acordei no meio da noite e (o) meu braço tinha dormido.

    I woke up in the middle of the night and my arm had fallen asleep.

18. (Brazil, slang, intransitive) not to notice a problem

    O controlador dormiu e os aviões bateram.

    The controller didn’t pay attention and the aeroplanes collided.

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dormir.

Related terms

• dormitório

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: durmi
• Kabuverdianu: durmi
• Macanese: durmí
• Papiamentu: drumi

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish dormir, from Latin dormīre, dormiō, from Proto-Italic *dormiō (“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doɾˈmiɾ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: dor‧mir

Verb

dormir (first-person singular present duermo, first-person singular preterite dormí, past participle dormido)

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   Duermo muy bien todas las noches.

   I sleep very well every night.

2. (reflexive) to fall asleep

   ¿En qué piensas mientras te duermes?

   What do you think of while you fall asleep?

3. (reflexive) to sleep in

   ¿Qué hora es? ¡Me he dormido!

   What time is it? I've overslept!

4. (euphemistic) to die; to rest in death

   Y así la reina durmió para siempre.

   And so rested the queen for forever.

5. (transitive) to put to sleep (someone or something)

   Los durmió a todos usando un hechizo.

   He put them all to sleep by using a spell.

6. (euphemistic, medicine) to anesthetize

   Solo un médico puede dormir a un paciente.

   Only a doctor can anesthetize a patient.

7. (euphemistic, medicine) to euthanize, to put down (mainly for pets but also people)

   Ayer por la tarde durmieron a mi gato.

   Yesterday evening my cat was put to sleep.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Further reading

• “dormir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin dormīre, present active infinitive of dormiō (“I sleep”). Compare Italian dormire.

Verb

dormir

1. (intransitive) to sleep

   Synonyms: momir, polegiar

Conjugation

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