snore
See also: snöre
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /snɔː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /snɔɹ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /sno(ː)ɹ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /snoə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Verb
editsnore (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.
Synonyms
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editTranslations
editbreathe during sleep with harsh noises
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Noun
editsnore (plural snores)
- The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
- (informal) An extremely boring person or event.
- Synonyms: snoozefest, snore-fest
Derived terms
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editact and noise of snoring
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editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editsnore
- Alternative form of snoren
Etymology 2
editFrom Old English fnora, from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô.
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editsnore
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