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Definition: Stertorous |
StertorousAdjective1. Of breathing having a heavy snoring sound. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stertorous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references) |
Etymology: Stertorous \Ster"to*rous\, adjective. [Latin expression stertere to snore: compare to the French expression stertoreux.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Voice | Adjective: vocal, phonetic, oral; ejaculatory, articulate, distinct, stertorous; euphonious; (melodious). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Stertorous |
| English words defined with "stertorous": Stertorious, stertorously. (references) |
| Play | Caption |
 | Dog; exhausted; out-of-breath; panting; short-winded; spent; stertorous; wheezing; winded; tired; hot; running; run; walk. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Stertorous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Stertorous" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "stertorous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me gërhima, i rëndë (arduous, artless, awkward, bad, bulky, burdensome, cubbish, cumbersome, cumbrous, dead, difficile, elephantine, grave, grievous, grinding, hard, heavy, hefty, incondite, knock about, leaden, lumping, massive, oafish, onerous, peremptory, plodding, ponderous, portly, serious, set up, severe, solemn, stodgy, tricky, unwieldy, wakeless, weighty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غطيطي, شخيري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хрипкав (furry, stridulant, wheezy), придружен с хъркане. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | chrápající. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stertoreux, ronflant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | röchelnd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρογχαλίζων (snorer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חר י (snoring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hortyogó (snoring), horkoló (grampus, snoring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stertoroso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | stronnagh (large-nosed, nasal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ertorousstay estertoroso, estertorante. (various references) хрипящий, затрудненный о дыхании. (various references) koji hrče. (various references) ronco (hoarse, husky, raucous, throaty), estertoroso. (various references) snörvlande (sniffle, snivel, snivelling). (various references) horultulu, hırıltılı (growling, snarling, wheezy). (various references) утруднений (embarrassing, labored, laboring, laboured, labouring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stertorous": stertorously. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stertorous" (pronounced 'Ster"to*rous'): Acanthophorous, Actinophorous, Adenophorous, Adiaphorous, Affabrous, Albuminiparous, Ambidextrous, Ambiparous, Amorous, Anandrous, Anarthrous, androus, Angiosporous, Anhydrous, Anomaloflorous, Anthophorous, Anurous, Aphidivorous, Apyrous, Aquiparous, Ardurous, Asymmetrous, Atrous, Augurous, Auntrous, Aurivorous, Aurous, Avarous, Baccivorous, Barbarous, Barratrous, Biforous, Biparous, Blustrous, Butyrous, Calcivorous, Canorous, Carnivorous, Cepevorous, Chancrous, Chivalrous, Chlorous, Cirrous, Crebrous, Cultrivorous, Cumbrous, Cuprous, Dartrous, Decorous, Dedecorous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: oestrous, outserts, roosters, rousters, stertors, tortures, tressour, trousers, trusters, trustors, tutoress. | |
-3 letters: estrous, oestrus, ousters, outsert, outsets, resorts, retorts, roosers, rooster, rooters, rosters, rotters, rousers, rouster, routers, setouts, sorters, sourest, souters, stertor, stoures, stouter, tooters, tootses, toreros, torture, tourers, touters, trouser, trusser, truster, trustor, turrets, tussore. | |
-4 letters: estrus, otters, ouster, outers, outset, resort. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: stertorously. | |
+4 letters: counterstrokes, deconstructors, overconstructs, reconstructors. | |
+5 letters: counterprotests, oversaturations, reconstructions, troubleshooters. | |
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