sleepover en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From sleep + over.
Meanings
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The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.
Since it would be too late to notify the many people whom we hope are coming, we are really working hard to find other facilities — probably to rent a hall for the meetings; perhaps arrange sleep-overs at Israeli members' homes.
1979 August 18, Ilana Weinstock, “Holy Land”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 10:
- An overnight guest.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sleepovers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (21)
es piyamada (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · hu pizsamaparti (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · pl nocowanka (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · da overnatning (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · it festa di pigiama (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · ca festa de pijama (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · de Übernachtung (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · hu ottalvós buli (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · ru ночёвка (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · pl nocny gość (an overnight guest) · fi yökylään jääminen (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · nl logeerpartijtje (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · fr soirée pyjama (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · fi yökyläily (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · pt festa de pijama (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · nl logeerpartij (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · es fiesta de pijamas (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · es pijamada (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · pl nocowanie (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · ru переночева́нье (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house) · ru переночёвка (the act of spending the night as a guest in another's house)