Sleep - Dormir (The 1836th Most Common French Word)
The French word for Sleep is Dormir. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about body & health. It is the 1836th most commonly used word in French, classified as a B1 word. You can see example sentences for context below, and you can also listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon. Practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.
Pronunciation
English:
sleep
French:
dormir
Examples
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| I can always sleep wherever I am. | Je peux toujours dormir où que je sois. |
| Right now, all I want to do is sleep for a couple hours. | En ce moment, tout ce que je veux faire, c'est dormir quelques heures. |
| Today, we have to sleep outdoors. | Aujourd'hui, nous devons dormir dehors. |
| I have a place to sleep. | Je dispose d'un endroit où dormir. |
| I want to go home and sleep. | Je veux aller chez moi et dormir. |
| There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. | Il y a un temps pour beaucoup de mots, et il y a aussi un temps pour dormir. |
| I can't wait to get home and sleep in my own bed. | J'ai hâte de rentrer à la maison et de dormir dans mon propre lit. |
| The pain was so intense that I couldn't sleep. | La douleur était telle que je n'arrivais pas à dormir. |
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| It was so cold that I couldn't sleep. | Il faisait si froid que je n'ai pas pu dormir. |
| He always opens the window when he goes to sleep. | Il ouvre toujours la fenêtre quand il va dormir. |
| I don't feel like sleeping right now. | Je n'ai pas envie de dormir maintenant. |
| I can hardly sleep at night. | J'arrive à peine à dormir la nuit. |
| It's late already, time to go to sleep. | Il est tard maintenant, il est temps d'aller dormir. |
| We should go to sleep. | Nous devrions aller dormir. |
| I'm trying to sleep. | J'essaye de dormir. |
| You may think that animals can sleep in any position. | Vous pensez peut-être que les animaux peuvent dormir dans n'importe quelle position. |
| I can't sleep with all that noise. | Je ne peux dormir avec tout ce bruit. |
| We can't sleep because of the noise. | Le bruit nous empêche de dormir. |
| I can't sleep because of the noise. | Je ne peux pas dormir à cause du bruit. |
| The noise kept me from sleeping last night. | Le bruit m'a empêché de dormir la nuit dernière. |
| Now try to sleep. | Maintenant essaye de dormir. |
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