somnifère
French, noun/sɔm.ni.fɛʁ/
somnifère is spelled S-O-M-N-I-F-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somnifère is a French masculine noun meaning “sleeping pill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance qui fait dormir”.
What does somnifère mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sedative, provoking sleep
pavot somnifère
noun
- 1
masculinesleeping pill
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui provoque, qui cause le sommeil.
noun: 1. Substance qui fait dormir.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of somnifère
- somnifères plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce somnifère?
- /sɔm.ni.fɛʁ/
- \sɔm.ni.fɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to somnifère
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is somnifère in French?
somnifère appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).