"slumber" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈslʌm.bə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈslʌm.bɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-slumber.ogg [US] Forms: slumbers [plural]
enPR: slŭmʹbər Rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentative of Middle English slummen, slumen (“to doze”), probably from Middle English slume (“slumber”), from Old English slūma, from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”), equivalent to sloom + -er. Cognate with West Frisian slommerje, slûmerje (“to slumber”), Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), Swedish slummer (“to slumber”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slombren}} Middle English slombren, {{m|enm|slomren}} slomren, {{der|en|enm|slummen}} Middle English slummen, {{m|enm|slumen||to doze}} slumen (“to doze”), {{der|en|enm|slume|t=slumber}} Middle English slume (“slumber”), {{der|en|ang|slūma}} Old English slūma, {{der|en|gem-pro|*slūm-||slack, loose, limp, flabby}} Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)lew-|t=loose, limp, flabby}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”), {{af|en|sloom|-er}} sloom + -er, {{cog|fy|slommerje}} West Frisian slommerje, {{m|fy|slûmerje|t=to slumber}} slûmerje (“to slumber”), {{cog|nl|sluimeren|t=to slumber}} Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), {{cog|de|schlummern|t=to slumber, doze}} German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), {{cog|sv|slummer|t=to slumber}} Swedish slummer (“to slumber”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} slumber (plural slumbers)
  1. A very light state of sleep, almost awake. Translations (a very light state of sleep): سِنَة (sina) [feminine] (Arabic), նինջ (ninǰ) (Armenian), նիրհ (nirh) (Armenian), mürgü (Azerbaijani), дрямка (drjamka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), وەنەوز (wenewz) (Central Kurdish), خەوەنوچکە (xewenuçke) (Central Kurdish), slummer [common-gender] (Danish), blund [neuter] (Danish), sluimering [feminine] (Dutch), dormeto (Esperanto), uinuminen (Finnish), torkkuminen (Finnish), somnolence [feminine] (French), soneira [feminine] (Galician), soneca [feminine] (Galician), თვლემა (tvlema) (Georgian), ძილი (ʒili) (Georgian), რული (ruli) (Georgian), Halbschlaf [masculine] (German), Schlummer [masculine] (German), Schläfchen [neuter] (German), υπνηλία (ypnilía) [feminine] (Greek), νύστα (nýsta) [feminine] (Greek), תְּנוּמָה (tnumá) [feminine] (Hebrew), félálom (Hungarian), sonnolenza [feminine] (Italian), dormiveglia [feminine] (Italian), hînişk [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), slumre (Norwegian), dorme (Norwegian), پینکی (pinaki) (Persian), Schlop (nds) [masculine] (Plautdietsch), drzemka [feminine] (Polish), pestana [feminine] (Portuguese), soneca [feminine] (Portuguese), cochilo [masculine] (Portuguese), сон (son) [masculine] (Russian), дрёма (drjóma) (Russian), निद्रा (nidrā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), drijémež [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), drijȇm [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dremež [masculine] (Slovene), adormecimiento [masculine] (Spanish), adormilamiento (Spanish), slummer [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-slumber-en-noun-yZoCPz1b Disambiguation of 'a very light state of sleep': 86 12 1
  2. (figurative) A state of ignorance or inaction. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-slumber-en-noun-hQudju8L
  3. (rare, as used by Magnavox clock radios) The snooze button on an alarm clock. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-slumber-en-noun-c59n6YVA Disambiguation of Sleep: 17 5 35 15 0 22 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 15 41 9 4 2 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 8 51 11 4 2 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 8 12 35 11 7 9 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: slumbre [obsolete] Derived forms: slumbercoach, slumber coach, slumberlike

Verb

IPA: /ˈslʌm.bə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈslʌm.bɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-slumber.ogg [US] Forms: slumbers [present, singular, third-person], slumbering [participle, present], slumbered [participle, past], slumbered [past]
enPR: slŭmʹbər Rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentative of Middle English slummen, slumen (“to doze”), probably from Middle English slume (“slumber”), from Old English slūma, from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”), equivalent to sloom + -er. Cognate with West Frisian slommerje, slûmerje (“to slumber”), Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), Swedish slummer (“to slumber”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slombren}} Middle English slombren, {{m|enm|slomren}} slomren, {{der|en|enm|slummen}} Middle English slummen, {{m|enm|slumen||to doze}} slumen (“to doze”), {{der|en|enm|slume|t=slumber}} Middle English slume (“slumber”), {{der|en|ang|slūma}} Old English slūma, {{der|en|gem-pro|*slūm-||slack, loose, limp, flabby}} Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)lew-|t=loose, limp, flabby}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”), {{af|en|sloom|-er}} sloom + -er, {{cog|fy|slommerje}} West Frisian slommerje, {{m|fy|slûmerje|t=to slumber}} slûmerje (“to slumber”), {{cog|nl|sluimeren|t=to slumber}} Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), {{cog|de|schlummern|t=to slumber, doze}} German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), {{cog|sv|slummer|t=to slumber}} Swedish slummer (“to slumber”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} slumber (third-person singular simple present slumbers, present participle slumbering, simple past and past participle slumbered)
  1. (intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be in a very light state of sleep): tɔ nko (Akan), նիրհել (nirhel) (Armenian), ննջել (nnǰel) (Armenian), mürgüləmək (Azerbaijani), mürgü basmaq (Azerbaijani), mürgü vurmaq (Azerbaijani), mürgü çalmaq (Azerbaijani), mürgü döymək (Azerbaijani), mürgü almaq (Azerbaijani), дремя (dremja) (Bulgarian), slumre (Danish), blunde (Danish), sluimeren (Dutch), dormeti (Esperanto), uinua (Finnish), torkkua (Finnish), somnoler (French), adurmiñar (Galician), თვლემა (tvlema) (Georgian), schlummern (German), dösen (German), szendereg (Hungarian), szundít (Hungarian), szundikál (Hungarian), szunyókál (Hungarian), dormiveglia (Italian), appisolarsi (Italian), assopirsi (Italian), drzemać [imperfective] (Polish), zdrzemnąć [perfective] (Polish), cochilar (Portuguese), dormitar (Portuguese), dormita (Romanian), somnola (Romanian), drijémati (Serbo-Croatian), dremati (Slovene), adormecer (Spanish), adormilar (Spanish), dormitar (Spanish), dyonko (Sranan Tongo), slumra (Swedish), 𐎊𐎌𐎐 (yšn) (Ugaritic)
    Sense id: en-slumber-en-verb-arvCEURy Disambiguation of 'to be in a very light state of sleep': 95 2 3 0
  2. (intransitive) To be inactive or negligent. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be inactive or negligent): lorvailla (Finnish), träumen (German), appalugarsi (Italian), sløve (Norwegian), estar aletargado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-slumber-en-verb-bIo~Hfq7 Disambiguation of 'to be inactive or negligent': 2 96 0 1
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To lay to sleep. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-slumber-en-verb-KZI0o1ph
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To stun; to stupefy. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-slumber-en-verb-6mm1lNlc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: slumbre [obsolete] Related terms: catnap, doze, nap, shuteye, slumber party

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
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          "word": "mürgü"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "drjamka",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "дрямка"
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          "code": "da",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "torkkuminen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "somnolence"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soneira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soneca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "tvlema",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "თვლემა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒili",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "ძილი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ruli",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "რული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Halbschlaf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Schläfchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypnilía",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "υπνηλία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "nýsta",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "νύστα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tnumá",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "תְּנוּמָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "félálom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sonnolenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dormiveglia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "wenewz",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "وەنەوز"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "xewenuçke",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "خەوەنوچکە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hînişk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "slumre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "dorme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pinaki",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "پینکی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlop (nds)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "drzemka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pestana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soneca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cochilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "son",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "drjóma",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "word": "дрёма"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "nidrā",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "निद्रा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "drijémež"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "drijȇm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 12 1",
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3 0",
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          "word": "თვლემა"
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          "word": "slumra"
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          "_dis1": "95 2 3 0",
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          "roman": "yšn",
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        "(intransitive) To be inactive or negligent."
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          "word": "lorvailla"
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          "sense": "to be inactive or negligent",
          "word": "träumen"
        },
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          "sense": "to be inactive or negligent",
          "word": "appalugarsi"
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          "sense": "to be inactive or negligent",
          "word": "sløve"
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          "word": "estar aletargado"
        }
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          "ref": "1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villers, Duke of Buckingham",
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        }
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        "To lay to sleep."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To lay to sleep."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To stun; to stupefy."
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      },
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    },
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        "t": "to slumber"
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        "as used by Magnavox clock radios"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "rhymes": "-ʌmbə(ɹ)"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sina",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سِنَة"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ninǰ",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "նինջ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nirh",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "նիրհ"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "mürgü"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "drjamka",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дрямка"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      ],
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sluimering"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dormeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "uinuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "torkkuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "somnolence"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soneira"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soneca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tvlema",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "თვლემა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒili",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "ძილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ruli",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "რული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Halbschlaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlummer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schläfchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypnilía",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "υπνηλία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nýsta",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νύστα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "tnumá",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תְּנוּמָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "félálom"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sonnolenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dormiveglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "wenewz",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "وەنەوز"
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "خەوەنوچکە"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hînişk"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "slumre"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dorme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pinaki",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "پینکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlop (nds)"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "drzemka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pestana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soneca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cochilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сон"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "дрёма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "nidrā",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "निद्रा"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drijémež"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "drijȇm"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dremež"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "adormecimiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "adormilamiento"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "slummer"
    }
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}

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        "To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake."
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        "intransitive"
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        "To be inactive or negligent."
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        "intransitive"
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        "To lay to sleep."
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To stun; to stupefy."
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmbə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-slumber.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/En-us-slumber.ogg/En-us-slumber.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/En-us-slumber.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "slŭmʹbər"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "slumbre"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ak",
      "lang": "Akan",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "tɔ nko"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nirhel",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "նիրհել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nnǰel",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "ննջել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "mürgüləmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "mürgü basmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "mürgü vurmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "mürgü çalmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "mürgü döymək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "mürgü almaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dremja",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "дремя"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "slumre"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "blunde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "sluimeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dormeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "uinua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "torkkua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "somnoler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "adurmiñar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tvlema",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "თვლემა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "schlummern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dösen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "szendereg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "szundít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "szundikál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "szunyókál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dormiveglia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "appisolarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "assopirsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "drzemać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdrzemnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "cochilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dormitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dormita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "somnola"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "drijémati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dremati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "adormecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "adormilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dormitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "dyonko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "slumra"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "yšn",
      "sense": "to be in a very light state of sleep",
      "word": "𐎊𐎌𐎐"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be inactive or negligent",
      "word": "lorvailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be inactive or negligent",
      "word": "träumen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to be inactive or negligent",
      "word": "appalugarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to be inactive or negligent",
      "word": "sløve"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be inactive or negligent",
      "word": "estar aletargado"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "slumber"
  ],
  "word": "slumber"
}

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