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noun, feminine

somnolence

/sɔm.nɔ.lɑ̃s/

noun, feminine/sɔm.nɔ.lɑ̃s/plural: somnolences

sleepiness, drowsiness

Et puis, surtout, midi approche, avec sa lassitude, avec son invincible somnolence.

Borrowed from Late Latin somnolentia, derived from Latin somnus (“sleep”).

somnolence — French Dictionary | Passage