"funambulate" meaning in English

See funambulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fjʊˈnæm.bjʊ.leɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /fjuˈnæm.bjuˌleɪt/ [General-American], /fjuˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/ [General-American], /fjəˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-funambulate.ogg Forms: funambulates [present, singular, third-person], funambulating [participle, present], funambulated [participle, past], funambulated [past]
Rhymes: -æmbjʊleɪt Etymology: From funambulist + -ate. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰendʰ-}}, {{suffix|en||ate}} + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} funambulate (third-person singular simple present funambulates, present participle funambulating, simple past and past participle funambulated)
  1. (intransitive) To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk. Tags: intransitive Derived forms: funambulation Translations (tightrope-walk): funambuler (French), auf dem Seil tanzen [also, figuratively] (German), li ser benan meşîn (Northern Kurdish), ходи́ть по проволоке (xodítʹ po provoloke) (Russian)

Inflected forms

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