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Meaning of Sleeping | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈsliːpɪŋ

Definitions

  1. The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Sleep.

Equivalents

العربية النّوم
Български спален
Català dormint
Deutsch Schlaf Schlaf-
Español dormición durmiendo somnífero soñoliento soporífero sueño
Suomi nukkuminen uni-
Français sleeping sommeil
Magyar alvás
日本語 眠り 睡眠
한국어 수면 잠
Latviešu gulēšana
Polski spanie
Português dormida sono
Русский Сон спальный
Українська сон

Examples

“And as I lay and lened and loked in the wateres / I slombred in a slepyng, it swyved so merye.”
“[…] there are no words to describe the way she negotiated the abyss between her dreams, those wakings strange as her sleepings.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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See also

sleeping bag sleeping barber problem Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty problem Sleeping Beauty syndrome sleeping car

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