Phrase guide

sleeping pill

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A pill or tablet having a soporific effect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sleeping tablet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sleep aid, pill

2

noun

Meaning 2

a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sleeping tablet, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab, soporific, hypnotic

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنَوِّم (munawwim) — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Belarusian: снатворнае (snatvórnaje) — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Bouyei: nganymianfyof — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安眠藥 /安眠药 (ānmiányào) — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Czech: uspávadlo — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Czech: uspávací prostředek — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Czech: prášek na spaní — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Dutch: slaappil — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Dutch: slaapmiddel — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Esperanto: dormigilo — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Finnish: unilääke — a pill having a soporific effect
  • French: somnifère — a pill having a soporific effect
  • German: Schlafmittel — a pill having a soporific effect
  • German: Schlaftablette — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Greek: υπνωτικό (ypnotikó) — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Hungarian: altató — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Icelandic: svefnpilla — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Italian: sonnifero — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Japanese: 睡眠薬 (suimin'yaku) — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Korean: 수면제 (sumyeonje) — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Lithuanian: migdomoji tabletė — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Manx: milleen cadlee — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sovepille — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sovetablett — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sovepille — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sovetablett — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Polish: tabletka nasenna — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Portuguese: pílula para dormir — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Russian: снотво́рное (snotvórnoje) — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Spanish: somnífero — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Spanish: pastilla para dormir — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Tagalog: tabletang pampatulog — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Thai: ยานอนหลับ (yaa-nɔɔn-làp) — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Tibetan: གཉིད་སྨན (gnyid sman) — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Turkish: uyku hapı — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Zhuang: anhmenzyoz — a pill having a soporific effect
  • Zhuang: ywanhmenzyoz — a pill having a soporific effect