sleeper

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• /ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/
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From Middle English sleper, equivalent to sleep + -er.

Compare Norwegian sleip (“a sleeper (a timber); as adjective, slippery, smooth”). See slape.

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: спящ човек (spjašt čovek) — someone who sleeps
• Catalan: dormilega — someone who sleeps
• Dutch: slaper — someone who sleeps
• Esperanto: dormanto — someone who sleeps
• Finnish: nukkuja — someone who sleeps
• French: dormeur — someone who sleeps
• German: Schläfer — someone who sleeps
• Hungarian: alvó — someone who sleeps
• Irish: codlatóir — someone who sleeps
• Korean: 자는 사람 (janeun saram) — someone who sleeps
• Latin: dormītor — someone who sleeps
• Marathi: झोपणारा (jhopṇārā) — someone who sleeps
• Marathi: झोपणारी (jhopṇārī) — someone who sleeps
• Polish: śpiący — someone who sleeps
• Portuguese: dorminhoco — someone who sleeps
• Portuguese: dorminhoca — someone who sleeps
• Russian: со́ня (sónja) — someone who sleeps
• Spanish: dormilón — someone who sleeps
• Swahili: mlalaji — someone who sleeps
• Swedish: sovare — someone who sleeps
• Turkish: uykucu — someone who sleeps
• Walloon: doirmeu — someone who sleeps
• Walloon: doirmeuse — someone who sleeps
• Walloon: soctant — someone who sleeps
• Walloon: soctante — someone who sleeps
• Welsh: cysgadur — someone who sleeps
• Finnish: kuollut kirjain — that which lies dormant, as a law
• Finnish: nukkuva agentti — spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated
• German: Schläfer — spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated
• Russian: спя́щий аге́нт (spjáščij agént) — spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated
• Russian: крот (krot) — spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated
• Russian: диверса́нт (diversánt) — spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated
• Russian: сабота́жник (sabotážnik) — spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated
• Finnish: harjoituskorvarengas — starter earring
• Irish: fáinne cluaise simplí — starter earring
• Finnish: rohmutokko — freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae
• Finnish: unihaalari — type of pajamas that covers the whole body
• German: Strampelanzug — type of pajamas that covers the whole body
• Spanish: pijama con los pies — type of pajamas that covers the whole body
• Spanish: durmiente — rung on a train track
• Bulgarian: траверса (traversa) — structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards
• German: Lagerholz — structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards
• German: Futterholz — structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards
• German: Unterlageholz — structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards
• German: Lagerholz — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure
• German: Schwelle — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure
• German: Schwellenholz — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure
• German: Lagerbalken — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure
• German: Fußschwelle — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure
• German: Unterlageholz — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure
• German: Mauerlatte — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure
• German: Fußpfette — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure
• German: Fusspfette — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure
• German: Wandpfette — structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure