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insomnia

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈsɒmniə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • My mother suffers from insomnia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Temporary inability to sleep.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: hypersomnia

Broader terms: sleep disorder

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsomnia, from Latin in- (“without”) + somnus (“sleep”, noun) + -ia, equivalent to in- + somn- + -ia.

Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pagjumësi — sleeping disorder
  • Arabic: أَرَق (ʔaraq) — sleeping disorder
  • Arabic: سُهْد (suhd) — sleeping disorder
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܲܣܩܘܼܬ݂ ܕܡܵܟ݂ܵܐ (ˁasqūṯ dmāḵā) — sleeping disorder
  • Armenian: անքնություն (ankʻnutʻyun) — sleeping disorder
  • Aromanian: nisomn — sleeping disorder
  • Asturian: vela — sleeping disorder
  • Asturian: velea — sleeping disorder
  • Azerbaijani: yuxusuzluq — sleeping disorder
  • Belarusian: бяссо́нніца (bjassónnica) — sleeping disorder
  • Belarusian: бе́ссань (bjéssanʹ) — sleeping disorder
  • Bengali: অনিদ্রা (onidra) — sleeping disorder
  • Bulgarian: безсъ́ние (bezsǎ́nie) — sleeping disorder
  • Burmese: အိပ်မပျော်ခြင်းပြဿနာ (ipma.pyauhkrang:pra.ssa.na) — sleeping disorder
  • Catalan: insomni — sleeping disorder
  • Chinese Cantonese: 失眠 — sleeping disorder
  • Chinese Cantonese: 失眠症 — sleeping disorder
  • Hakka Chinese: 失眠 (sṳt-min) — sleeping disorder
  • Chinese: 失眠 (zh-min-nan) — sleeping disorder
  • Chinese: 無眠 /无眠 (zh-min-nan) — sleeping disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失眠 (shīmián) — sleeping disorder
  • Czech: nespavost — sleeping disorder
  • Czech: insomnie — sleeping disorder
  • Danish: søvnløshed — sleeping disorder
  • Dutch: slapeloosheid — sleeping disorder
  • Esperanto: sendormeco — sleeping disorder
  • Estonian: unetus — sleeping disorder
  • Faroese: andvekur — sleeping disorder
  • Faroese: svøvnloysi — sleeping disorder
  • Finnish: unettomuus — sleeping disorder
  • French: insomnie — sleeping disorder
  • Galician: insomnio — sleeping disorder
  • Georgian: უძილობა (uʒiloba) — sleeping disorder
  • German: Schlaflosigkeit — sleeping disorder
  • German: Schlafstörung — sleeping disorder
  • Greek: αϋπνία (aÿpnía) — sleeping disorder
  • Ancient Greek: ἀγρυπνίᾱ (agrupníā) — sleeping disorder
  • Ancient Greek: ἀϋπνία (aüpnía) — sleeping disorder
  • Gujarati: અનિદ્રા (anidrā) — sleeping disorder
  • Hebrew: נְדוּדֵי שֵׁנָה — sleeping disorder
  • Hindi: अनिद्रा (anidrā) — sleeping disorder
  • Hindi: उन्निद्र (unnidra) — sleeping disorder
  • Hungarian: álmatlanság — sleeping disorder
  • Icelandic: svefnleysi — sleeping disorder
  • Icelandic: andvaka — sleeping disorder
  • Ingrian: unenhätä — sleeping disorder
  • Irish: neamhchodladh — sleeping disorder
  • Irish: neamhshuan — sleeping disorder
  • Irish: díth codlata — sleeping disorder
  • Italian: insonnia — sleeping disorder
  • Japanese: 不眠 (fumin) — sleeping disorder
  • Japanese: 不眠症 (fuminshō) — sleeping disorder
  • Kazakh: ұйқысыздық (ūiqysyzdyq) — sleeping disorder
  • Khmer: អនិទ្រា (ʼaʼnɨttriə) — sleeping disorder
  • Korean: 불면증 (bulmyeonjeung) — sleeping disorder
  • Central Kurdish: بێخەوی (bêxewî) — sleeping disorder
  • Northern Kurdish: bêxewî — sleeping disorder
  • Kyrgyz: уйкусуздук (uykusuzduk) — sleeping disorder
  • Latin: insomnia — sleeping disorder
  • Latin: insomnietās — sleeping disorder
  • Latvian: bezmiegs — sleeping disorder
  • Lithuanian: nemiga — sleeping disorder
  • Macedonian: несоница (nesonica) — sleeping disorder
  • Malay: insomnia — sleeping disorder
  • Manx: neuchadlaght — sleeping disorder
  • Manx: neuchadley — sleeping disorder
  • Manx: neuchadlys — sleeping disorder
  • Marathi: निद्रानाश (nidrānāś) — sleeping disorder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: søvnløshet — sleeping disorder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: søvnløyse — sleeping disorder
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søvnløyse — sleeping disorder
  • Occitan: insomnia — sleeping disorder
  • Old English: slǣplīest — sleeping disorder
  • Pali: anidrā — sleeping disorder
  • Persian: بیخوابی (bi-xâbi) — sleeping disorder
  • Polish: bezsenność — sleeping disorder
  • Brazilian Portuguese: insônia — sleeping disorder
  • European Portuguese: insónia — sleeping disorder
  • Punjabi: ਅਨੀਂਦਰਾ (anīndrā) — sleeping disorder
  • Romanian: insomnie — sleeping disorder
  • Romanian: nesomn — sleeping disorder
  • Russian: бессо́нница (bessónnica) — sleeping disorder
  • Russian: инсомни́я (insomníja) — sleeping disorder
  • Sanskrit: अनिद्रा (anidrā) — sleeping disorder
  • Scottish Gaelic: bacadh-cadail — sleeping disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: нѐсаница — sleeping disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѐсаница — sleeping disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: инсо̀мнија — sleeping disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: nèsanica — sleeping disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: bèsanica — sleeping disorder
  • Serbo-Croatian: insòmnija — sleeping disorder
  • Slovak: nespavosť — sleeping disorder
  • Slovene: nespéčnost — sleeping disorder
  • Spanish: insomnio — sleeping disorder
  • Swedish: insomni — sleeping disorder
  • Swedish: sömnlöshet — sleeping disorder
  • Tajik: бедорхобӣ (bedorxobi) — sleeping disorder
  • Tajik: бехобӣ (bexobi) — sleeping disorder
  • Tajik: камхобӣ (kamxobi) — sleeping disorder
  • Tatar: йокысызлык (yoqısızlıq) — sleeping disorder
  • Telugu: నిద్రలేమి (nidralēmi) — sleeping disorder
  • Thai: โรคนอนไม่หลับ (rôok-nɔɔn-mâi-lòp) — sleeping disorder
  • Turkish: uykusuzluk — sleeping disorder
  • Ottoman Turkish: اویقوسزلق (uykusuzluk) — sleeping disorder
  • Turkmen: ukusyzlyk — sleeping disorder
  • Ukrainian: безсо́ння (bezsónnja) — sleeping disorder
  • Ukrainian: нічниця (ničnycja) — sleeping disorder
  • Urdu: بے خوابی (be xvābī) — sleeping disorder
  • Uyghur: ئۇيقۇسىزلىق (uyqusizliq) — sleeping disorder
  • Uzbek: uyqusizlik — sleeping disorder
  • Vietnamese: mất ngủ — sleeping disorder
  • Welsh: anhunedd — sleeping disorder
  • Yiddish: שלאָפֿלאָזיקייט (shloflozikeyt) — sleeping disorder
  • Yoruba: àìróorunsùn — sleeping disorder
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