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For the verb: "to sleep"

Simple Past:	slept
Past Participle:	slept

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

sleep

1. noun sommeil m;
   to go to ~ s'endormir;
   to go back to ~ se rendormir;
   to send or put sb to ~ endormir qn;
   to have a ~ dormir;
   my leg has gone to ~ (colloquial) j'ai la jambe engourdie;
   to put an animal to ~ faire piquer un animal.

2. intransitive verb dormir;
   to ~ at a friend's house coucher chez un ami.

IDIOMS:

to ~ like a log or top dormir comme une souche or un loir.

sleep in

(stay in bed late) faire la grasse matinée;
(oversleep) dormir trop tard.

sleep on:

to ~ on a decision attendre le lendemain pour prendre une décision.

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'sleep' found in these entries:

English:

badly - calmly - catch - crash - disturb - disturbed - doze - drop - drunken - feign - get - go - heavily - log - lull - make - neither - outdoors - peacefully - restless - rough - send - sink - soundly - troubled - turn - undisturbed - uneasy - wink

French:

agité - assoupissement - chambre - coucher - cure - dodo - dormir - endormir - étoile - furieusement - gonflé - longtemps - masse - matinée - nuit - passé - passer - perturber - poing - pont - profond - quand - rendormir - roupiller - sommeil - souche - troubler

sleep: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
sleep	vi	(in bed generally)	dormir vi ⇒
I slept for nine hours last night.
J'ai dormi neuf heures la nuit dernière.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
sleep	n	(death of animals) tuer	faire piquer vtr ⇒
He had to put his dog to sleep.
Il a dû faire piquer son chien.
sleep	n	(dormant state)	nuit nf
The flower is closing in sleep.
La fleur se ferme la nuit.
sleep	n	(period of sleeping)	sommeil nm
It's time for sleep, children.
* Elle a un sommeil très profond.
sleep	vi	(be inattentive)	somnoler vi ⇒
The man was sleeping and didn't notice it was his turn.
L'homme somnolait et ne remarqua pas que c'était son tour.
sleep	vi	(have sex) faire l'amour	coucher vi ⇒
They slept together in a cheap motel.
Ils ont couché ensemble dans un petit hôtel.
sleep	vtr	(accommodate for sleeping)	loger vtr ⇒
Their holiday cottage will sleep eight people.
Leur maison de vacances peut loger huit personnes.
sleep	vtr	(rid of by sleeping)	faire passer en dormant vi
Lie down and try to sleep off the headache.
Allonge-toi pour essayer de faire passer ton mal de tête en dormant un peu.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
a little sleep		nf	une sieste
beauty sleep		nm	sommeil réparateur
deep sleep		nm	sommeil profond
dreamless sleep		nm	sommeil sans rêve
eternal sleep		nm	le sommeil éternel
fitful sleep			nuit agitée
go to sleep		v	aller dormir ⇒
half-sleep		nm	demi-sommeil
in a deep sleep		adv	dans un profond sommeil
lay me down to sleep		v	je vais me coucher et dormir ⇒ (référence à la prière des enfants)
light sleep		nm	sommeil léger
never sleep		v	ne jamais dormir ⇒
put to sleep		v	endormir ⇒
put to sleep again		v	rendormir ⇒ (endormir de nouveau)
restful sleep		nm	sommeil paisible
restful sleep		nm	sommeil reposant
send to sleep		v	endormir ⇒ (ennuyer)
sleep around			coucher à droite et à gauche
sleep in		v	faire la grasse matinée/dormir trop tard
sleep it off			cuver son vin
sleep it off (colloquial)		v intr	cuver (faire se calmer) familier
sleep it off (colloquial)		v tr	cuver (digérer son vin) familier
sleep late		v	se coucher tard
sleep mode		nm	endormissement (informatique)
sleep off		v	dormir pour faire passer (un mal de tête)
sleep on			continuer à dormir
sleep on (don't decide now, sleep on first)			attends demain, la nuit porte conseil
sleep on		loc	la nuit porte conseil
sleep on		loc v	faire la grasse matinée
sleep on the ground		loc	coucher sur la dure
sleep out		loc	dormir à la belle étoile
sleep out (US)		loc	ne pas loger sur place
sleep out		loc	coucher à la belle étoile
sleep together			coucher ensemble
sleep with		v	coucher avec
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'I can sleep in'
100-year sleep
A better & longer sleep.
A Good Nights Sleep
After 3 or so days without sleep you just sort of start to coast and nothing rubs ya
After work, fly to my house for dinner and a sleep over
before going to sleep
Before I sleep, I still feel you next to me
came crashing back as she drifted off to sleep
can't sleep, thinking of you
catch up on sleep
Consecutive Sleep
Could not sleep
couldn't go back to sleep
cry oneself to sleep
Cry oneself to sleep.
Did you get a lot of sleep before school resumes?
didn't get a wink of sleep all night
die in your sleep
Does she sleep at the normal time?
dreamless sleep
drift in and out of sleep
eat, sleep and breathe
EN: I did get some sleep - grammaire
EN: must needs call forth sleep - grammaire
every way there is to cry, ourselves to sleep we will
eye sleep
fattened sleep
Fighting sleep
FR: I didn't want to sleep or think - grammaire
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