drowse

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaʊ̯z/
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• /ˈdɹæʊ̯z/ Midland US, Philadelphia, New York City, Southern US, Australian, New Zealand
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• /ˈdɹaːz/ Pittsburgh, General South African
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The verb is either: * a back-formation from drowsy, which is attested earlier; or * possibly from Middle English *drousen (no known attestations), from Old English drūsan, drūsian (“to droop, sink; to become feeble, inactive, low, or slow, drowse”), from Proto-Germanic *drūsijaną (“to look down; mourn”) (possibly merged with *dreusaną (“to fall”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrewHs- (“to break off; to fall down”). The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Danish drøse (“to be negligent; to slow down”) * Dutch drozen (“to doze; muse”) * German trauern (“to mourn, be sad”) * Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (driusan, “to fall; to fall down”) * Norwegian døse (“to drowse”) * Old English drēosan (“to fall; to perish; to rush”) (whence Middle English dresen (“to fall down”)) * Swedish drösa (“to be slow”)

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дрямка (drjamka) — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Czech: dřímota — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Czech: podřimování — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Finnish: raukeus — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Finnish: uneliaisuus — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• French: somnolence — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Italian: dormiente — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Macedonian: дремеж (dremež) — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Macedonian: дремка (dremka) — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Māori: hāmoemoetanga — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Russian: дрёма (drjóma) — act, or a state, of being drowsy or sleepy
• Finnish: raukeus — state of dullness or inactivity, as if from sleepiness
• Finnish: tehdä uneliaaksi — (transitive) to make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness
• Spanish: amodorrecer (desus.) — (transitive) to make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness
• Spanish: amodorrar — (transitive) to make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness
• Spanish: modorrar — (transitive) to make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness
• Finnish: viettää puolinukuksissa — (transitive) to pass (time) drowsily or in sleeping
• Finnish: kulkea puolinukuksissa — (transitive) to proceed (on a way) drowsily or sleepily
• Finnish: tehdä raukeaksi — (transitive) to make (someone or something) dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness
• Czech: klímat — (intransitive) to be drowsy or sleepy
• Czech: dřímat — (intransitive) to be drowsy or sleepy
• Czech: podřimovat — (intransitive) to be drowsy or sleepy
• Finnish: olla unelias — (intransitive) to be drowsy or sleepy
• Sranan Tongo: dyonko — (intransitive) to be drowsy or sleepy
• Finnish: olla raukeana — (intransitive) to be dull or inactive, as if from sleepiness