somnambule

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French somnambule.

Noun

somnambule (plural somnambules)

1. (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)

1. sleepwalking

Noun

somnambule m or f by sense (plural somnambules)

1. somnambulist

Related terms

• funambule

Further reading

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