somnambulate

English

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from somnambulism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɒmˈnæm.bjʊ.leɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɑmˈnæm.bjuˌleɪt/, /sɑmˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/, /səmˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/

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• Rhymes: -æmbjʊleɪt
• Hyphenation: som‧nam‧bu‧late

Verb

somnambulate (third-person singular simple present somnambulates, present participle somnambulating, simple past and past participle somnambulated)

1. (intransitive) To walk while sleeping.

Synonyms

• sleepwalk

Related terms

• somnambular
• somnambulation
• somnambulator
• somnambulism
• somnambulist
• somnambulistic

Translations

to walk while sleeping

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 夢遊／梦游 (mung⁶ jau⁴)

  Mandarin: 夢遊／梦游 (zh) (mèngyóu)

• Danish: gå i søvne
• Dutch: slaapwandelen (nl)
• Finnish: kävellä unissaan
• French: somnambuler (fr)
• German: schlafwandeln (de), nachtwandeln (de)
• Italian: essere sonnambulo
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• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: haere momoe
• Polish: lunatykować
• Portuguese: sonambular
• Romanian: merge prin somn
• Serbo-Croatian: mesečarstvo
• Spanish: ser sonámbulo, pasearse dormido
• Swedish: gå i sömnen