sieste

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish siesta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sjɛst/ === Noun === sieste f (plural siestes) (countable) siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures) Synonym: méridienne Hypernym: somme faire la sieste ― have a nap ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: siestă === Further reading === “sieste” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762). “sieste” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35). “sieste”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “sieste”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “sieste” in Dictionnaire Le Robert. “sieste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Noun === sieste plural of siestă