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stertor

UK/ˈstɜːtə/US/ˈstɝtɚ/

stertor noun: the act of snoring, especially heavy snoring.

Noun

stertor (countable and uncountable, plural stertors)

  1. The act of snoring, especially heavy snoring.
  2. A snoring sound, as for example even during wakefulness in infants with breathing difficulties.

stertor meaning in Tamil and Bengali

stertor in Tamil

ஒரு வகைக் குறட்டை, ஓசைமூச்சு, குறட்டை

stertor in Bengali

নাক ডাকার কাজ, নাক ডাকার মতো শব্দ

Forms of stertor

pluralstertors

Origin of stertor

From Latin stertō (“to snore”).

Words formed from stertor

Questions about stertor

What does stertor mean?
Stertor means the act of snoring, especially heavy snoring.
What is stertor in Tamil?
Stertor in Tamil is ஒரு வகைக் குறட்டை, ஓசைமூச்சு, குறட்டை. See Stertor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stertor?
Stertor is a noun.
How do you pronounce stertor?
Stertor is pronounced /ˈstɝtɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of stertor?
The plural of stertor is stertors.

Words near stertor in the dictionary

  1. sterrinks
  2. sterrometal
  3. Sterry
  4. sterryite
  5. Stert
  6. stertor
  7. stertorious
  8. stertoriously
  9. stertorous
  10. stertorously
  11. stertorousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stertor (page history and authors); stertor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stertor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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