sleeping sickness in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sleeping sickness in the English»French Dictionary

sleeping sickness N

sleeping sickness

maladie f du sommeil

Translations for sleeping sickness in the French»English Dictionary

maladie du sommeil

sleeping sickness

Translations for sleeping sickness in the English»French Dictionary

I.sleep [Brit sliːp, Am slip] N

1. sleep:

sleep

sommeil m

to go or get to sleep

s'endormir

to go back to sleep

se rendormir

to send or put sb to sleep heat, speech, tablet:

endormir qn

to get some sleep [or to have a sleep] (gen)

dormir

to get some sleep [or to have a sleep] (have a nap)

faire un petit somme

my leg has gone to sleep inf

j'ai la jambe engourdie

to be in a deep sleep

dormir profondément

I didn't get any sleep or a wink of sleep last night

j'ai passé une nuit blanche, je n'ai pas fermé l'œil de la nuit

I need my sleep

il me faut beaucoup de sommeil

how much sleep did you get last night?

tu as dormi combien d'heures la nuit dernière?

to have a good night's sleep

passer une bonne nuit, bien dormir

you'll feel much better after a sleep

ça te fera du bien de dormir

to sing/rock a baby to sleep

chanter une chanson à/bercer un bébé jusqu'à ce qu'il s'endorme

to talk in one's sleep

parler dans son sommeil

to walk in one's sleep

marcher en dormant

I could do it in my sleep!

je pourrais le faire les yeux fermés!

she's losing sleep over it

ça l'empêche de dormir

I'm not going to lose any sleep over that!

ce n'est pas ça qui va m'empêcher de dormir!

don't lose any sleep over it!

ne t'en fais pas pour ça!, il ne faut pas que ça t'empêche de dormir!

he rubbed the sleep from his eyes

il a frotté ses paupières collées par le sommeil

2. sleep VET:

to put an animal to sleep euph

faire piquer un animal

II.sleep <pret, pp slept> [Brit sliːp, Am slip] VB trans

the house sleeps six (people)

on peut loger or coucher six personnes dans la maison

the caravan sleeps four (people)

on peut coucher à quatre (personnes) dans la caravane

‘apartment, sleeps 6’ (in ad)

appartement 6 personnes

III.sleep <pret, pp slept> [Brit sliːp, Am slip] VB intr

1. sleep:

sleep

dormir

to sleep deeply or soundly

dormir profondément

to sleep soundly (without worry)

dormir tranquille, dormir sur ses deux oreilles

to sleep around the clock

faire le tour du cadran

to sleep on one's feet

dormir debout

sleep tight!

dors bien!

2. sleep (stay night):

sleep

coucher

to sleep at a friend's house

coucher chez un ami

you'll have to sleep on the sofa

il va falloir que tu dormes or couches sur le canapé

to sleep with sb (have sex) euph

coucher avec qn

IV.sleep [Brit sliːp, Am slip]

the big sleep

le dernier sommeil, le sommeil des morts

to cry oneself to sleep

pleurer jusqu'à épuisement

to sleep like a log or top

dormir comme une souche or un loir

sleeping [Brit ˈsliːpɪŋ, Am ˈslipɪŋ] ADJ

sleeping person, animal:

sleeping

qui dort, endormi

what are the sleeping arrangements for our visitors?

où est-ce que nos invités vont dormir?

let sleeping dogs lie

il ne faut pas réveiller le chat qui dort

sickness [Brit ˈsɪknəs, Am ˈsɪknəs] N

1. sickness (illness):

sickness

maladie f

to be absent because of sickness

être absent pour cause de maladie

there has been a lot of sickness in the school lately

il y a eu beaucoup de malades à l'école récemment

the sickness of the economy

la faiblesse de l'économie

in sickness and in health

≈ pour le meilleur et pour le pire

2. sickness U (nausea):

sickness

vomissements mpl

to suffer bouts of sickness

avoir des vomissements

3. sickness (distasteful nature):

sickness (of joke, story)

goût m douteux

sleeping sickness in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sleeping sickness in the English»French Dictionary

sleeping sickness N no pl

sleeping sickness

maladie f du sommeil

Translations for sleeping sickness in the English»French Dictionary

sleeping ADJ

sleeping

endormi(e)

I.sleep [sli:p] N no pl

sleep

sommeil m

to get to sleep [or go]

s'endormir

to put sb/an animal to sleep

endormir qn/un animal

to fall into a deep sleep

tomber dans un sommeil profond

II.sleep <slept, slept> [sli:p] VB intr

sleep

dormir

sleep tight!

dors/dormez bien!

to sleep the night with sb

passer la nuit avec qn (au lit)

to sleep rough Brit

dormir sous les ponts

Phrases:

to sleep like a log inf

dormir comme une marmotte

III.sleep [sli:p] VB trans

to sleep four/ten

dormir à quatre/dix

sickness N

1. sickness no pl (illness):

sickness

maladie f

2. sickness (vomiting):

sickness

vomissements mpl

3. sickness fig:

sickness

écœurement m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This was followed by outbreaks of sleeping sickness and smallpox that would halve the population of some areas.

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By the early 1900s, their population had been reduced to around one million as a result of an epidemic of sleeping sickness.

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These include the agents of malaria, gonorrhea, and sleeping sickness.

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A trial in 2005 is testing the efficacy of the first potential oral treatment for sleeping sickness, pafuramidine.

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Sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis) has also been greatly reduced in the north.

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Because of a lack of travel between indigenous people, sleeping sickness in humans had been limited to isolated pockets.

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A comprehensive government health program treats such diseases as leprosy, sleeping sickness, malaria, filariasis, intestinal worms, and tuberculosis.

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In humans, tsetse transmitted trypanosomiasis is called sleeping sickness.

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From 1920 to 1930, a network of roads was built, cash crops were promoted and mobile health services were formed to combat sleeping sickness.

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As of 2000, the disability-adjusted life-years (9 to 10 years) lost due to sleeping sickness are 2.0 million.

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