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somnambulism

/sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
som-nam-bu-lism
IPA
/sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪzəm/
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

sleepwalking

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French somnambulisme, from New Latin somnambulus, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”), + -ism.

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Inflected Forms

somnambulisms (plural)

Synonyms

sleepwalking noctambulism somnambulance somnambulation noctambulation

Questions

How do you pronounce somnambulism?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪzəm/.
What does somnambulism mean?
sleepwalking
Where does somnambulism come from?
It is traced to French.

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