soporifero

See also: soporífero

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sopōriferum, derived from sopor (“sleep”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep- (“to sleep”). By surface analysis, sopor(e) (“sleep”) +‎ -ifero (“bearing”, “carrying”, adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /so.poˈri.fe.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ifero
  • Hyphenation: so‧po‧rì‧fe‧ro

Adjective

soporifero (feminine soporifera, masculine plural soporiferi, feminine plural soporifere)

  1. soporific
  2. (figurative, humorous) boring, tedious

Latin

Adjective

sopōriferō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sopōrifer
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