"somnambulate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /sɒmˈnæm.bjʊ.leɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɑmˈnæm.bjuˌleɪt/ [General-American], /sɑmˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/ [General-American], /səmˈnæm.bjəˌleɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-somnambulate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: somnambulates [present, singular, third-person], somnambulating [participle, present], somnambulated [participle, past], somnambulated [past]
Rhymes: -æmbjʊleɪt Etymology: Probably a back-formation from somnambulism. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|somnambulism|nocap=1}} back-formation from somnambulism Head templates: {{en-verb}} somnambulate (third-person singular simple present somnambulates, present participle somnambulating, simple past and past participle somnambulated)
  1. (intransitive) To walk while sleeping. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: sleepwalk Related terms: somnambular, somnambulation, somnambulator, somnambulism, somnambulist, somnambulistic Translations (to walk while sleeping): 夢遊 (Chinese Cantonese), 梦游 (mung⁶ jau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 夢遊 (Chinese Mandarin), 梦游 (mèngyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), gå i søvne (Danish), slaapwandelen (Dutch), kävellä unissaan (Finnish), somnambuler (French), schlafwandeln (German), nachtwandeln (German), essere sonnambulo (Italian), haere momoe (Maori), lunatykować (Polish), sonambular (Portuguese), merge prin somn (Romanian), mesečarstvo (Serbo-Croatian), ser sonámbulo (Spanish), pasearse dormido (Spanish), gå i sömnen (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
          "word": "kävellä unissaan"
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          "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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          "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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          "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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          "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "kävellä unissaan"
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "somnambuler"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "schlafwandeln"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "nachtwandeln"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "essere sonnambulo"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "haere momoe"
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "mesečarstvo"
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "ser sonámbulo"
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "pasearse dormido"
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      "sense": "to walk while sleeping",
      "word": "gå i sömnen"
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