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somnambulant

/sʌmnˈæmbjᵿlənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
som-nam-bu-lant
IPA
/sʌmnˈæmbjᵿlənt/
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Walking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking.

noun

A sleepwalker.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”) + -ant.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

somnambulent (alternative) somnambulants (plural)

Derived Forms

somnambulantly

Frequently Paired Words

somnambulate somnambulism somnambulist

Synonyms

somnambulic somnambulistic

Questions

How do you pronounce somnambulant?
The recorded pronunciation is /sʌmnˈæmbjᵿlənt/.
What does somnambulant mean?
Walking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking.
Where does somnambulant come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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