Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sleep; slumber.
- noun In old French operas, a quiet and tranquilizing air.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Slumber; sleep.
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Examples
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_C'est le sommeil par la suggestion, c'est l'image du sommeil_ que je suggère, que j'insinue dans le cerveau.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896
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Je suis très fatiguée = I am very tired le sommeil = sleep la carte de visite = business card
Books 2010
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She underwent what was fashionably known in those days as a cure de sommeil, a treatment that involved being pumped so full of tranquilizers she was “in a constant state of somnolence.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Here's a trailer for Prélude au sommeil (Prelude to Sleep), a new documentary about pioneering electronic musician Jean-Jacques Perrey.
Boing Boing 2009
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With each creak, the delicious depths of sleep retreat until I reach the sober surface of sommeil.
Bon Appétit! 2010
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She underwent what was fashionably known in those days as a cure de sommeil, a treatment that involved being pumped so full of tranquilizers she was “in a constant state of somnolence.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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With each creak, the delicious depths of sleep retreat until I reach the sober surface of sommeil.
Cafés 2010
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With each creak, the delicious depths of sleep retreat until I reach the sober surface of sommeil.
Books 2010
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Je suis très fatiguée = I am very tired le sommeil = sleep la carte de visite = business card
Cafés 2010
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Je suis très fatiguée = I am very tired le sommeil = sleep la carte de visite = business card
Bon Appétit! 2010
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