noun
Meaning 1
A person who snores (or is snoring).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- One snorer can keep a whole room of sleepy people awake.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
snorer
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who snores while sleeping
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sleeper, slumberer
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English snore Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English snorer From snore + -er.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kuorsaaja — person who snores
- French: ronfleur — person who snores
- French: ronfleuse — person who snores
- Georgian: მხვრინავი (mxvrinavi) — person who snores
- German: Schnarcher — person who snores
- German: Schnarcherin — person who snores
- Marathi: घोरणारा (ghorṇārā) — person who snores
- Marathi: घोरणारी (ghorṇārī) — person who snores
- Norman: ronflieux — person who snores
- Russian: храпу́н (xrapún) — person who snores
- Russian: храпу́нья (xrapúnʹja) — person who snores