Dictionary

insomnia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈsɒmniə/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsomnia, from Latin in- (“without”) + somnus (“sleep”, noun) + -ia, equivalent to in- + somn- + -ia.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.
   • It’s also possible for insomnia to be caused by restless leg syndrome. 2024 March 11, Madeline Holcombe, “What to do on the nights you are struggling with insomnia, according to experts”, in CNN:
   • My mother suffers from insomnia.
2. (countable, informal, uncountable) Temporary inability to sleep.

Forms

Antonyms

hypersomnia

Deriveds

painsomnia · orthosomnia · trensomnia · insomniac · coronasomnia

Hyponyms

fatal familial insomnia · big eye

Synonyms

sleeplessness

Translations (114)

yi שלאָפֿלאָזיקייט (sleeping disorder) · izh unenhätä (sleeping disorder) · gd bacadh-cadail (sleeping disorder) · is svefnleysi (sleeping disorder) · rup nisomn (sleeping disorder) · ota اویقوسزلق (sleeping disorder) · ro insomnie (sleeping disorder) · ur بے خوابی (sleeping disorder) · ga díth codlata (sleeping disorder) · ug ئۇيقۇسىزلىق (sleeping disorder) · ko 불면증 (sleeping disorder) · de Schlaflosigkeit (sleeping disorder) · pl bezsenność (sleeping disorder) · sh инсо̀мнија (sleeping disorder) · yue 失眠 (sleeping disorder) · uk безсо́ння (sleeping disorder) · vi mất ngủ (sleeping disorder) · ckb بێخەوی (sleeping disorder) · cs nespavost (sleeping disorder) · mr निद्रानाश (sleeping disorder) · is andvaka (sleeping disorder) · mk несоница (sleeping disorder) · kmr bêxewî (sleeping disorder) · hi उन्निद्र (sleeping disorder) · sh bèsanica (sleeping disorder) · lt nemiga (sleeping disorder) · ms insomnia (sleeping disorder) · ang slǣplīest (sleeping disorder) · yue 失眠症 (sleeping disorder) · oc insomnia (sleeping disorder) · gl insomnio (sleeping disorder) · az yuxusuzluq (sleeping disorder) · grc ἀϋπνία (sleeping disorder) · th โรคนอนไม่หลับ (sleeping disorder) · nan-hbl 無眠 /无眠 (sleeping disorder) · eo sendormeco (sleeping disorder) · cmn 失眠 (sleeping disorder) · pi anidrā (sleeping disorder) · tt йокысызлык (sleeping disorder) · lv bezmiegs (sleeping disorder) · ka უძილობა (sleeping disorder) · he נְדוּדֵי שֵׁנָה (sleeping disorder) · fa بیخوابی (sleeping disorder) · sa अनिद्रा (sleeping disorder) · fo andvekur (sleeping disorder) · tg бедорхобӣ (sleeping disorder) · hak 失眠 (sleeping disorder) · ast velea (sleeping disorder) · km អនិទ្រា (sleeping disorder) · hu álmatlanság (sleeping disorder) · ja 不眠症 (sleeping disorder) · tg камхобӣ (sleeping disorder) · sl nespéčnost (sleeping disorder) · sh insòmnija (sleeping disorder) · ro nesomn (sleeping disorder) · ga neamhshuan (sleeping disorder) · ga neamhchodladh (sleeping disorder) · sk nespavosť (sleeping disorder) · ru инсомни́я (sleeping disorder) · ar سُهْد (sleeping disorder) · cy anhunedd (sleeping disorder) · yo àìróorunsùn (sleeping disorder) · ky уйкусуздук (sleeping disorder) · bg безсъ́ние (sleeping disorder) · grc ἀγρυπνίᾱ (sleeping disorder) · fr insomnie (sleeping disorder) · tg бехобӣ (sleeping disorder) · pt insônia (sleeping disorder) · pa ਅਨੀਂਦਰਾ (sleeping disorder) · ja 不眠 (sleeping disorder) · be бяссо́нніца (sleeping disorder) · gv neuchadlys (sleeping disorder) · sh нѐсаница (sleeping disorder) · nn søvnløyse (sleeping disorder) · ar أَرَق (sleeping disorder) · fo svøvnloysi (sleeping disorder) · aii ܥܲܣܩܘܼܬ݂ ܕܡܵܟ݂ܵܐ (sleeping disorder) · et unetus (sleeping disorder) · de Schlafstörung (sleeping disorder) · la insomnietās (sleeping disorder) · es insomnio (sleeping disorder) · sv insomni (sleeping disorder) · nan-hbl 失眠 (sleeping disorder) · bn অনিদ্রা (sleeping disorder) · nb søvnløshet (sleeping disorder) · tr uykusuzluk (sleeping disorder) · gu અનિદ્રા (sleeping disorder) · ru бессо́нница (sleeping disorder) · ast vela (sleeping disorder) · it insonnia (sleeping disorder) · nl slapeloosheid (sleeping disorder) · pt insónia (sleeping disorder) · tk ukusyzlyk (sleeping disorder) · kk ұйқысыздық (sleeping disorder) · gv neuchadley (sleeping disorder) · hi अनिद्रा (sleeping disorder) · te నిద్రలేమి (sleeping disorder) · la insomnia (sleeping disorder) · uk нічниця (sleeping disorder) · el αϋπνία (sleeping disorder) · sh бѐсаница (sleeping disorder) · fi unettomuus (sleeping disorder) · nb søvnløyse (sleeping disorder) · sq pagjumësi (sleeping disorder) · ca insomni (sleeping disorder) · be бе́ссань (sleeping disorder) · uz uyqusizlik (sleeping disorder) · sv sömnlöshet (sleeping disorder) · gv neuchadlaght (sleeping disorder) · da søvnløshed (sleeping disorder) · cs insomnie (sleeping disorder) · my အိပ်မပျော်ခြင်းပြဿနာ (sleeping disorder) · sh nèsanica (sleeping disorder) · hy անքնություն (sleeping disorder)