noun
Meaning 1
An unnaturally deep sleep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sopor
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊpə/
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General-American: /ˈsoʊpɚ/
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rhymes with -əʊpə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
a torpid state resembling deep sleep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sleep
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sopor (“sleep”).
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тежък сън (težǎk sǎn) — unnaturally deep sleep
- German: Sopor — unnaturally deep sleep
- Romanian: sopor — unnaturally deep sleep