dormition

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɔːˈmɪʃ(ə)n/
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• General-American: /dɔɹˈmɪʃ(ə)n/
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Borrowed from Middle French dormition, from Latin dormītiōnem.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: dormició — falling asleep
• Catalan: adormiment — falling asleep
• Finnish: nukahtaminen — falling asleep
• Hungarian: elalvás — falling asleep
• Hungarian: elszenderedés — falling asleep
• Hungarian: elszenderülés — falling asleep
• Hungarian: elszunnyadás — falling asleep
• Japanese: 睡眠 (suimin) — falling asleep
• Spanish: adormimiento — falling asleep
• Spanish: adormecimiento — falling asleep
• Swedish: avsomnande — falling asleep
• Swedish: insomnande — falling asleep
• Swedish: insomning — falling asleep
• Finnish: kuoleminen — the process of death
• Finnish: poisnukkuminen — the process of death
• Finnish: kuolema — the process of death
• Finnish: kuolema — the actual death
• Georgian: მიძინება (miʒineba) — the actual death
• Hungarian: elhunyta — the actual death
• Hungarian: halál — the actual death
• Japanese: 永眠 (eimin) — the actual death
• Japanese: 瞑目 (meimoku) — the actual death
• Arabic: رُقَاد (ruqād) — the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary
• Catalan: dormició — the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary
• Finnish: kuolonuneen nukkuminen — the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary
• French: dormition — the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary
• Georgian: მიძინება (miʒineba) — the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary
• Hungarian: elszenderedés — the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary
• Russian: успе́ние (uspénije) — the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary
• Spanish: dormición — the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary
• Ukrainian: успі́ння (uspínnja) — the death and assumption of the Virgin Mary