Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleeping sickness

/ˈsliːpɪŋ ˈsɪknɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: sleep-ing sick-ness
IPA: /ˈsliːpɪŋ ˈsɪknɪs/

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:

Uncountable

noun

Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:

Uncountable

noun

Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:

Uncountable

noun

Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

sleeping sicknesses (plural)

Synonyms

African trypanosomiasis negro lethargy sleepy distemper sleepy sickness epidemic encephalitis lethargic encephalitis encephalitis lethargica

Questions

How do you pronounce sleeping sickness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsliːpɪŋ ˈsɪknɪs/.
What does sleeping sickness mean?: Any of several diseases of which lethargy is a major symptom:

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