English Explanatory Dictionary

dormant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
  2. In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
  3. Leaning.
noun
  1. A crossbeam or joist.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɔɹmənt/ /ˈdɔːmənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dormant.wav

Word forms

dormant dormaunt dormient dormants

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“to sleep”).

Synonyms

quiescent

Antonyms

antonym(s) of “inactive suspended” active extinct

Related words

dorm dormancy dormition dormitive dormitory

Derived words

antidormant dormantly dormantory dormant volcano dormant window ecodormant endodormant hyperdormant nondormant paradormant quasidormant semidormant superdormant undormant
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