doze

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• /doʊz/
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• rhymes with -əʊz
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• homophone: does
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• homophone: dos
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• homophone: doughs
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From Middle English *dosen, from Old Norse dúsa (“to doze, rest, remain quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *dusāną (“to be dizzy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhews- (“to fly, whirl”), from *dhew- (“to fly, shake, reek, steam, smolder”). Cognate with Old Frisian dusia (“to be dizzy”), German Low German dösen (“to doze”), German dösen (“to doze”), Danish døse (“to doze”), dialectal Swedish dusa (“to doze, slumber”), Icelandic dúsa (“to doze”), Old English dysiġ (“foolish, stupid”), Scots dosnit (“stunned, stupefied”), Icelandic dúra (“to nap, slumber”), also compare Dutch doezelen (“to doze”). More at dizzy.

Clipping of bulldoze.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дрямка (drjamka) — short sleep or nap
• Catalan: becaina — short sleep or nap
• Catalan: capcinada — short sleep or nap
• Finnish: torkut — short sleep or nap
• Finnish: unet — short sleep or nap
• Georgian: თვლემა (tvlema) — short sleep or nap
• Georgian: ჩათვლემა (čatvlema) — short sleep or nap
• Georgian: წაძინება (c̣aʒineba) — short sleep or nap
• Georgian: მირულვა (mirulva) — short sleep or nap
• Portuguese: soneca — short sleep or nap
• Portuguese: cochilo — short sleep or nap
• Russian: дрёма (drjóma) — short sleep or nap
• Russian: грёза (grjóza) — short sleep or nap
• Scottish Gaelic: dùsal — short sleep or nap
• Ottoman Turkish: اویقو (uyku) — short sleep or nap
• Aromanian: nsumnedz — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Belarusian: драма́ць (dramácʹ) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Belarusian: падрама́ць (padramácʹ) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Belarusian: задрама́ць (zadramácʹ) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Bulgarian: дремя (dremja) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Catalan: endormiscar-se — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Catalan: abaltir-se — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Catalan: adormissar-se — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Crimean Tatar: yantaymaq — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Czech: dřímat — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Dutch: dommelen — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Esperanto: dormeti — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Finnish: torkkua — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Finnish: nuokkua — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Finnish: torkahtaa — to sleep lightly or briefly
• French: somnoler — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: durmiñar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: dormexar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: dormentar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: moquear — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: trasvaiar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: topenear — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: tutar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: cochar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: sonetar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Galician: botar soneca (unha) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Georgian: თვლემს (tvlems) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Georgian: სთვლემს (stvlems) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Georgian: ჩათვლემს (čatvlems) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Georgian: ჩასთვლემს (častvlems) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Georgian: წაუძინებს (c̣auʒinebs) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• German: dösen — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Greek: νυστάζω (nystázo) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Ancient Greek: νυστάζω (nustázō) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Ido: dormetar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Ido: somnolar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Italian: sonnecchiare — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Italian: dormicchiare — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Kazakh: қалғу (qalğu) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Latin: dormītō — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Luxembourgish: dösen — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Māori: turehu — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Māori: kānewha — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Māori: kānewhanewha — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Māori: hāmoemoe — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Māori: newha — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Māori: nenewha — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Māori: kurehu — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Norman: haûter — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Old Church Slavonic: дрѣмати (drěmati) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Polish: drzemać — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Polish: podrzemać — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Portuguese: cochilar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Portuguese: tirar soneca (uma) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Romanian: dormita — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Romanian: ațipi — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Romanian: moțăi — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Russian: дрема́ть (dremátʹ) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Russian: прикорну́ть (prikornútʹ) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Russian: подрема́ть (podremátʹ) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Russian: задремать (zadrematʹ) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Russian: грезить (grezitʹ) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Scots: dover — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan dùsal — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Serbo-Croatian: drijémati — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Slovak: driemať — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Lower Sorbian: drěmaś — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Lower Sorbian: pódrěmaś — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Upper Sorbian: drěmać — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Spanish: dormitar — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Spanish: cabecear — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Sranan Tongo: dyonko — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Swedish: slumra — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Swedish: dåsa — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Ukrainian: дріма́ти (drimáty) — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Vietnamese: ngủ gật — to sleep lightly or briefly
• Finnish: typerryttää — to make dull; to stupefy