sommeil
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French sumeil, from Vulgar Latin *somniclum < *somniculum, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Proto-Italic *swepnos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sommeil m (plural sommeils)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sommeil”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.