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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin īnsomnis.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -õni, (Portugal) -ɔnɨ
- Hyphenation: in‧so‧ne
Adjective
insone m or f (plural insones)
- (higher register) insomniac
2018, Rogério Skylab (lyrics and music), “Eu Durmo Pouco pra Ficar com Sono” (0:29 from the start), in O Rei do Cu, Rio de Janeiro: Tratore:
Noun
insone m or f by sense (plural insones)
- (higher register) insomniac
Further reading
- “insomne” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “insone”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “insone”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “insone”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “insone”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “insone”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025