snore

See also: snöre

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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-Germanic *snarkjaną, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”).

The infrequency of the “fn” combination coupled with the visual similarity of an “f” and “ſ” (long “s”) assisted in ultimately turning “fnore” into “ſnore (snore)” (compare sneeze, from Middle English fnese).

PronunciationEdit

• (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/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

VerbEdit

snore (third-person singular simple present snores, present participle snoring, simple past and past participle snored)

1. To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.

SynonymsEdit

• saw wood

Derived termsEdit

• snorer

TranslationsEdit

breathe during sleep with harsh noises

• Afrikaans: snork
• Ainu: エトㇿキ (etorki)
• Albanian: gërhas (sq)
• Arabic: شَخَرَ‏‎ (šaḵara)

  Moroccan Arabic: شْخر‏‎ (šḵər)

• Armenian: խռմփալ (hy) (xṙmpʿal), խռմփացնել (hy) (xṙmpʿacʿnel), խռռացնել (hy) (xṙṙacʿnel)
• Azeri: xoruldamaq, xorlamaq
• Belarusian: храпці́ impf (xrapcí)
• Bengali: নাক ডাকা (nak ḑaka)
• Bikol Central: maghukragong
• Bulgarian: хъ̀ркам impf (hǎ̀rkam)
• Burmese: ဟောက် (my) (hauk)
• Catalan: roncar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 打鼾 (daa² hon⁴)

  Mandarin: 打鼾 (zh) (dǎhān)

• Czech: chrápat impf
• Danish: snorke
• Dutch: snurken (nl)
• Esperanto: ronki
• Estonian: norskama
• Faroese: snorka, róta
• Finnish: kuorsata
• French: ronfler (fr)
• Georgian: ხვრინვა (xvrinva)
• German: schnarchen (de)
• Greek: ροχαλίζω (el) (rochalízo)
• Haitian Creole: wonfle
• Hebrew: נָחַר‏‎ (he) (nakhár)
• Hindi: खर्राटा लेना (kharrāṭā lenā)
• Hungarian: horkol (hu)
• Icelandic: hrjóta
• Indonesian: mendengkur (id), berdengkur (id)
• Italian: russare (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)
• Kazakh: қорылдау (qorıldaw)
• Khmer: ស្រមុក (km) (srɑmok)
• Korean: 코를 골다 (koreul golda)
• Kyrgyz: корулдоо (koruldoo)

• Lao: ກົນ (lo) (kon), ນອນກົນ (nǭn kon), ສຽງກົນ (sīang kon)
• Latgalian: kruokt
• Latin: stertere
• Latvian: krākt
• Lithuanian: knarkti
• Macedonian: ‘рка impf (‘rka), грчи impf (grči)
• Malay: berdengkur
• Manchu: ᡴᡡᠸᠠᠴᠠᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (kūwacarambi)
• Maori: korowaru, ngongoro, korowaru, pipiha
• Mongolian: хурхирах (mn) (hurhirah)
• Navajo: ałhą́ą́ʼ
• Norman: ronflier (Jersey), raonfflaïr (Guernsey)
• Norwegian: snorke
• Persian: خرخر کردن‏‎ (fa) (xorxor kardan), خرناس کشیدن‏‎ (fa) (xornâs kešidan)
• Polish: chrapać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: roncar (pt)
• Romanian: sforăi (ro)
• Russian: храпе́ть (ru) impf (xrapétʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: srann
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хр́кати impf

  Roman: hŕkati (sh) impf

• Slovak: chrápať impf
• Slovene: smrčati (sl) impf
• Spanish: roncar (es)
• Swedish: snarka (sv)
• Tagalog: humilik
• Tajik: хуррок кашидан (xurrok kašidan), хӯрок кашидан (xürok kašidan)
• Thai: กรน (th) (gron)
• Turkish: horlamak (tr)
• Turkmen: hor çekmek
• Ukrainian: хропі́ти impf (xropíty)
• Urdu: خراٹا لینا‏‎ (kharrāṭā lenā)
• Uzbek: xurrak otmoq (uz), xirillamoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngáy (vi)
• Volapük: snokön, snorön
• Walloon: ronfler (wa), ronfyî (wa)
• Yiddish: כראָפּען‏‎ (khropen)

NounEdit

snore (plural snores)

1. The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
2. (informal) An extremely boring person or event.

SynonymsEdit

• snoozefest (2)
• snorefest (2)

TranslationsEdit

act and noise of snoring

• Albanian: gërhimë (sq) f
• Arabic: شَخِير‏‎ m (šaḵīr)
• Armenian: խռմփոց (hy) (xṙmpʿocʿ), խռմփալը (hy) (xṙmpʿalə)
• Belarusian: храп m (xrap)
• Bikol Central: hukragong
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼾聲 (zh), 鼾声 (zh) (hānshēng)

• Dutch: gesnurk (nl) n
• Finnish: kuorsaus (fi)
• French: ronflement (fr) m
• Georgian: ხვრინვა (xvrinva)
• German: Schnarchen n
• Greek: ροχαλητό (el) n (rochalitó)
• Hebrew: נְחִירָה‏‎ (he) f (nekhira)
• Hungarian: horkolás
• Japanese: 鼾 (ja) (いびき, ibiki), 鼾声 (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)
• 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, f
• Spanish: ronquido m
• Swedish: snarkning c
• Tagalog: hilik (tl), paghilik
• Thai: การกรน (th)
• Turkish: horultu (tr), horlama (tr)
• Ukrainian: храп m (xrap)
• Vietnamese: tiếng ngáy
• Volapük: snok, snor

AnagramsEdit

• Ensor, Norse, Rones, Rosen, noser, oners, renos, rosen, senor, seron, señor