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somnambulation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
som-nam-bu-la-tion
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon of sleepwalking.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An instance of sleepwalking.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulatio (“a walking about”), from ambulare (“to walk”). See somnolent, amble.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

somnambulations (plural)

Synonyms

sleepwalking somnambulism noctambulism noctambulation

Questions

What does somnambulation mean?
The phenomenon of sleepwalking.
Where does somnambulation come from?
From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulatio (“a walking about”), from ambulare (“to walk”). See somnolent, amble.

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