adj
Meaning 1
That induces sleep; soporific, somniferous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hypnagogic
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌhɪpnəˈɡɒdʒɪk/
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UK: /-ɡɪk/
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General-American: /ˌhɪpnəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪk/
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General-American: /-ˈɡoʊ-/
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rhymes with -ɒdʒɪk
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rhymes with -ɒɡɪk
adj
Meaning 2
That accompanies falling asleep; especially, pertaining to the semi-conscious period immediately preceding sleep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
sleep inducing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French hypnagogique, from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”) + ἀγωγός (agōgós, “leading”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: приспивателен (prispivatelen) — that induces sleep
- Catalan: hipnagògic — that induces sleep
- Danish: hypnagog — that induces sleep
- French: hypnagogique — that induces sleep
- Spanish: hipnagógico — that induces sleep
- Swedish: hypnagog — that induces sleep
- Bulgarian: полусънен (polusǎnen) — that accompanies falling asleep
- Danish: hypnagog — that accompanies falling asleep
- Finnish: hypnagoginen — that accompanies falling asleep
- French: hypnagogique — that accompanies falling asleep
- Polish: hipnagogiczny — that accompanies falling asleep
- Swedish: hypnagog — that accompanies falling asleep