"dormant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɔɹmənt/ [General-American], /ˈdɔːmənt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dormant.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“I sleep”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|dormiēns}} Latin dormiēns, {{m|la|dormiō||I sleep}} dormiō (“I sleep”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} dormant (not comparable)
  1. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms (inactive, suspended): quiescent Translations (inactive, asleep, suspended): спящ (spjašt) (Bulgarian), латентен (latenten) (Bulgarian), неактивен (neaktiven) (Bulgarian), latent (Catalan), 睡眠狀態的 (Chinese Mandarin), 睡眠状态的 (shuìmián zhuàngtài de) (Chinese Mandarin), 休眠 (xiūmián) (Chinese Mandarin), sovende (Danish), slumrende (Danish), hvilende (Danish), niet actief (Dutch), slapend (Dutch), latent (Dutch), horroksessa oleva (Finnish), dormant (French), endormi (French), inactif (French), schlafend (German), inaktiv (German), κοιμώμενος (koimómenos) [masculine] (Greek), κοιμισμένος (koimisménos) [masculine] (Greek), αδρανής (adranís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), szunnyadó (Hungarian), alvó (Hungarian), terbengkalai (Indonesian), 休止中の (kyūshichū no) (Japanese), 休眠中の (kyūminchū no) (Japanese), spicy (Lower Sorbian), maurinoho (Maori), sovende (Norwegian Bokmål), خفته (xofte) (Persian), uśpiony (Polish), dormente (Portuguese), inativo (Portuguese), inactiv (Romanian), suspendat (Romanian), неакти́вный (neaktívnyj) (Russian), спя́щий (spjáščij) (Russian), усну́вший (usnúvšij) (Russian), лате́нтный (laténtnyj) (Russian), dìomhair (Scottish Gaelic), latente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dormant-en-adj-eroewd27 Disambiguation of Sleep: 55 35 10 0 Disambiguation of 'inactive, suspended': 93 3 4 Disambiguation of 'inactive, asleep, suspended': 92 6 2
  2. (heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-dormant-en-adj--i6slb9W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 46 13 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 55 11 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 52 12 8 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  3. (architecture) Leaning. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-dormant-en-adj-ZU18RdrK Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inactive, dormaunt [obsolete], dormient [obsolete] Derived forms: dormant volcano, dormant window, semidormant Related terms: dorm, dormancy, dormition, dormitive, dormitory

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɔɹmənt/ [General-American], /ˈdɔːmənt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dormant.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dormants [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“I sleep”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|dormiēns}} Latin dormiēns, {{m|la|dormiō||I sleep}} dormiō (“I sleep”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dormant (plural dormants)
  1. (architecture) A crossbeam or joist. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-dormant-en-noun-EVIBqDv9 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dormaunt [obsolete], dormient [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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