Grammatical class

Adjective

somnolent

drowsy, sleepy

Details

Syllables

som-no-lent

Phonetics

som.nɔl

Grammatical class

Adjective

Freq. (books)

35543

Freq. (movies)

91553

Freq. (news)

47432

Sentences

Je suis somnolent.

I feel drowsy.

A1

Je suis trop somnolent pour conduire.

I'm too sleepy to drive.

A1

Je suis souvent somnolent.

I'm often sleepy.

A2

Il déclara à tout le monde qu'il était somnolent.

He told everyone he was sleepy.

A2

Je venais de me réveiller et j'étais encore somnolent.

I'd just woken up and was still drowsy.

B1