funambule

See also: funambulé

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fūnambulus.

Noun

funambule m or f by sense (plural funambules)

1. tightrope walker (acrobat who practices tightrope walking)

Related terms

• funambuler
• funambulesque
• funambulisme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

funambule

1. inflection of funambuler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “funambule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Noun

fūnambule

1. vocative singular of fūnambulus