half-sleep

Übersetzungen

half-sleepsubstantiv
half-sleeps
Pl.
Denotes a state of drowsiness; can behave as countable or uncountable.
She lay in half-sleep, aware of the birds but unable to open her eyes.
Elle était dans un demi-sommeil, consciente des oiseaux mais incapable d’ouvrir les yeux.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
somnolenceEmployé pour insister sur l’état de drowsiness entre veille et sommeil.
half-sleepverb
half-slept
Präteritum
half-slept
Partizip Perfekt
half-sleeping
Gerundium
Intransitive verb meaning ‘to sleep lightly or in a semi-conscious state’.
He half-slept through most of the flight.
Il a somnolé pendant la majeure partie du vol.
half-sleepadjektiv
Attributive use describing a state that is neither fully awake nor fully asleep.
In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.
Dans une torpeur somnolente, il a marmonné une réponse.

Definitionen

half-sleepsubstantiv
A state of drowsiness or semi-consciousness between waking and sleeping.
She lay in half-sleep, aware of the birds but unable to open her eyes.
half-sleepverb
To sleep lightly; to doze in a semi-conscious state.
He half-slept through most of the flight.
half-sleepadjektiv
Relating to or characteristic of a state that is neither fully awake nor fully asleep.
In a half-sleep stupor, he mumbled a reply.