somnambule

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French somnambule.

Noun

somnambule (plural somnambules)

(archaic) A somnambulist.

Anagrams

summonable

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”), from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔm.nɑ̃.byl/
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Adjective

somnambule (plural somnambules)

sleepwalking

Noun

somnambule m or f by sense (plural somnambules)

somnambulist

Related terms

funambule

Further reading

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

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