Etymology
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From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”).
The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).
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snore (third-person singular simple present snores, present participle snoring, simple past and past participle snored)
- (transitive, intransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], pages 8-9:While you here do ſnoaring lie, / Open-ey'd Conſpiracie / His time doth take: / If of Life you keepe a care, / Shake off ſlumber, and beware. / Awake, awake.
1709, Alexander Pope, “January and May; or, The Merchant’s Tale, from Chaucer”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, page 223:The lumpiſh husband ſnoar'd avvay the night, / Till coughs avvak'd him near the morning light.
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breathe during sleep with harsh noises
- Afrikaans: snork
- Ainu: エトㇿキ (etorki)
- Albanian: gërhas (sq)
- Aleut: qungtuxsix
- Arabic: شَخَرَ (šaḵara)
- Egyptian Arabic: شخر (šaḵḵar)
- Moroccan Arabic: شخر (šḵar)
- Armenian: խռմփալ (hy) (xṙmpʻal), խռմփացնել (hy) (xṙmpʻacʻnel), խռռացնել (hy) (xṙṙacʻnel)
- Assamese: ঘোৰঘোৰা (ghürghüra), নাক বজা (nak boza)
- Azerbaijani: xoruldamaq
- Belarusian: храпці́ impf (xrapcí)
- Bengali: নাক ডাকা (bn) (nak ḍaka)
- Bikol Central: maghukragong
- Bulgarian: хъ́ркам impf (hǎ́rkam)
- Burmese: ဟောက် (my) (hauk)
- Catalan: roncar (ca)
- Cherokee: ᏓᏆᎳᎩᎠ (daqualagia)
- Chickasaw: lhabanka
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 打鼾 (daa2 hon4)
- Hokkien: 鼾 (zh-min-nan)
- Literary Chinese: 鼾 (hān)
- Mandarin: 打鼾 (zh) (dǎhān)
- Coptic: ϧⲉⲣϧⲉⲣ (xerxer)
- Czech: chrápat impf
- Danish: snorke (da)
- Dutch: snurken (nl)
- Early Assamese: ঘোঙ্ঘড়ি পাৰ্ (ghöṅghoṛi par)
- Elfdalian: skråita
- Esperanto: ronki (eo)
- Estonian: norskama
- Faroese: snorka, róta
- Finnish: kuorsata (fi)
- French: ronfler (fr)
- Galician: roncar (gl), roncexar (gl)
- Georgian: ხვრინავს (xvrinavs)
- German: schnarchen (de)
- Greek: ροχαλίζω (el) (rochalízo)
- Ancient: ῥέγκω (rhénkō)
- Greenlandic: qannguivoq
- Haitian Creole: wonfle
- Hebrew: נָחַר (he) (nakhár)
- Hindi: खर्राटा लेना (kharrāṭā lenā)
- Hungarian: horkol (hu)
- Hunsrik: schnorrikse
- Icelandic: hrjóta
- Indonesian: mendengkur (id), berdengkur (id)
- Irish: srann
- Italian: russare (it), ronfare (it)
- Japanese: 鼾をかく (いびきをかく, ibiki o kaku), 鼾を立てる (いびきをたてる, ibiki o tateru)
- Javanese: ngorok
- Kapampangan: malakak
- Kazakh: қорылдау (qoryldau)
- Khmer: ស្រមុក (km) (srɑmok)
- Korean: 코를 골다 (ko-reul golda)
- Kyrgyz: корулдоо (koruldoo)
- Lao: ກົນ (lo) (kon), ນອນກົນ (nǭn kon), ສຽງກົນ (sīang kon)
- Latgalian: kruokt
- Latin: stertō, rhonchō
- Latvian: krākt
- Lithuanian: knarkti
- Luxembourgish: ronken, schnaarchen
- Macedonian: ‘рка impf (‘rka), грчи impf (grči)
- Malay: berdengkur
- Manchu: ᡴᡡᠸᠠᠴᠠᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (kūwacarambi)
- Maori: korowaru, ngongoro, korowaru, pipiha, peru
- Mauritian Creole: ronfle
- Middle English: snoren
- Mongolian: хурхирах (mn) (xurxirax)
- Navajo: ałhą́ą́ʼ
- Norman: ronflier (Jersey), raonfflaïr (Guernsey)
- Northern Sami: skuhrrat
- Norwegian: snorke
- Occitan: roncar (oc), ronflar
- Old English: hrūtan
- Persian: خرخر کردن (fa) (xorxor kardan), خرناس کشیدن (fa) (xornâs kešidan), خروپفیدن, خرناسیدن
- Polish: chrapać (pl) impf
- Portuguese: roncar (pt)
- Romanian: sforăi (ro)
- Romansch: sgruflar, runtgir
- Russian: храпе́ть (ru) impf (xrapétʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: srann
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: хр́кати impf
- Roman: hŕkati (sh) impf
- Seychellois Creole: ronfle
- Sicilian: runfari (scn), runfulijari
- Slovak: chrápať impf
- Slovene: smrčati (sl) impf
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: smorčeć
- Spanish: roncar (es)
- Swedish: snarka (sv)
- Tagalog: humilik
- Tajik: хуррок кашидан (xurrok kašidan), хӯрок кашидан (xürok kašidan)
- Thai: กรน (th) (gron)
- Tibetan: སྔུར་པ་བཏང (sngur pa btang)
- Turkish: horlamak (tr)
- Turkmen: hor çekmek
- Ukrainian: хропі́ти impf (xropíty)
- Urdu: خراٹا لینا (xarāṭā lenā)
- Uzbek: xurrak otmoq (uz), xirillamoq (uz)
- Vietnamese: ngáy (vi)
- Volapük: snokön, snorön
- Walloon: ronfler (wa), ronfyî (wa)
- Welsh: chwyrnu (cy)
- Yiddish: כראָפּען (khropen)
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snore (plural snores)
- The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
- (informal) An extremely boring person or event.
- Synonyms: snoozefest, snore-fest
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act and noise of snoring
- Albanian: gërhimë (sq) f
- Aleut: qungtux
- Arabic: شَخِير m (šaḵīr)
- Armenian: խռմփոց (hy) (xṙmpʻocʻ), խռմփալը (hy) (xṙmpʻalə)
- Assamese: ঘোৰঘোৰণি (ghürghüroni)
- Azerbaijani: xorultu
- Belarusian: храп m (xrap)
- Bikol Central: hukragong (bcl)
- Bulgarian: хъркане n (hǎrkane)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鼾聲/鼾声 (zh) (hānshēng)
- Czech: chrápání n
- Dutch: gesnurk (nl) n
- Early Assamese: ঘোঙ্ঘড়ি (ghöṅghoṛi)
- Finnish: kuorsaus (fi)
- French: ronflement (fr) m
- Georgian: ხვრინვა (xvrinva)
- German: Schnarchen n
- Greek: ροχαλητό (el) n (rochalitó), ροχάλισμα (el) n (rochálisma)
- Hebrew: נְחִירָה (he) f (nekhira)
- Hungarian: horkolás (hu)
- Hunsrik: Schnorrikse n
- Ingrian: kortsuta
- Japanese: 鼾 (ja) (いびき, ibiki), 鼾声 (ja) (かんせい, kansei)
- Korean: 코골기 (kogolgi)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: خرناس (fa) (xornâs), خروپف (fa), خرناس (fa), صدای خروپف, صدای خرناس
- Portuguese: ronco (pt) m
- Romanian: sforăit (ro) n, sforăială (ro) f, sforăitură (ro) f, sforăire (ro) f
- Russian: храп (ru) m (xrap)
- Scottish Gaelic: srann m or f
- Slovak: chrápanie n
- Spanish: ronquido (es) m
- Swahili: mkoromo (sw)
- Swedish: snarkning (sv) c
- Tagalog: hilik (tl), paghilik
- Thai: การกรน (th) (gaan-gron)
- Turkish: horultu (tr), horlama (tr)
- Ukrainian: храп m (xrap)
- Vietnamese: tiếng ngáy
- Volapük: snok, snor
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Anagrams
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- Ensor, Ernos, Neros, Norse, Roens, Rones, Rosen, neros, noser, oners, renos, rosen, senor, seron, señor
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