"somnambule" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /sɔm.nɑ̃.byl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-somnambule.wav Forms: somnambules [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”), from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|ML.|somnambulus|t=sleepwalker}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”), {{der|fr|la|somnus|t=sleep}} Latin somnus (“sleep”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} somnambule (plural somnambules)
  1. sleepwalking
    Sense id: en-somnambule-fr-adj-~28T9am3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Sleep Disambiguation of Sleep: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /sɔm.nɑ̃.byl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-VictorDtmtc-somnambule.wav Forms: somnambules [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”), from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|ML.|somnambulus|t=sleepwalker}} Borrowed from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”), {{der|fr|la|somnus|t=sleep}} Latin somnus (“sleep”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} somnambule m or f by sense (plural somnambules)
  1. somnambulist Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Related terms: funambule
    Sense id: en-somnambule-fr-noun-mnjyElyk Categories (other): French masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of French masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Sleep Disambiguation of Sleep: 0 0

Inflected forms

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