snore

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”). The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /snɔː/ (General American) IPA(key): /snoɹ/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /sno(ː)ɹ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /snoə/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ) === Verb === snore (third-person singular simple present snores, present participle snoring, simple past and past participle snored) (ambitransitive) To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate. ==== Synonyms ==== saw wood ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === snore (plural snores) The act of snoring, and the noise produced. (informal) An extremely boring person or event. Synonyms: snooze, snoozefest, snore-fest ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === noser, renos, oners, Ernos, Rosen, Ornes, seron, Ensor, Norse, neros, senor, señor, rosen, Roens, Neros, Rones == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== snore alternative form of snoren === Etymology 2 === From Old English fnora, from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô. ==== Alternative forms ==== *fnore ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsnɔːr(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== snore (hapax legomenon) snorting ===== Derived terms ===== snoren ===== Descendants ===== English: snore Scots: snore ==== References ==== “snōre, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.