Meanings
verbsomnambulate (third-person singular simple present somnambulates, present participle somnambulating, simple past and past participle somnambulated)
present singular third person somnambulates · participle present somnambulating · participle past somnambulated · past somnambulated
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo walk while sleeping.
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Origin
Probably a back-formation from somnambulism.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 夢遊 /梦游
- 夢遊 /梦游 (mung⁶ jau⁴)to walk while sleeping
Chinese Mandarin 夢遊 /梦游
- 夢遊 /梦游 (mèngyóu)to walk while sleeping
Danish gå i søvne
- gå i søvneto walk while sleeping
Dutch slaapwandelen
- slaapwandelento walk while sleeping
Finnish kävellä unissaan
- kävellä unissaanto walk while sleeping
French somnambuler
- somnambulerto walk while sleeping
German schlafwandeln, nachtwandeln
- schlafwandelnto walk while sleeping
- nachtwandelnto walk while sleeping
Italian essere sonnambulo
- essere sonnambuloto walk while sleeping
Māori haere momoe
- haere momoeto walk while sleeping
Polish lunatykować
- lunatykowaćto walk while sleeping
Portuguese sonambular
- sonambularto walk while sleeping
Romanian merge prin somn
- merge prin somnto walk while sleeping
Spanish ser sonámbulo, pasearse / ambular / caminar dormido
- ser sonámbuloto walk while sleeping
- pasearse / ambular / caminar dormidoto walk while sleeping
- somnambularto walk while sleeping
- ser somnámbuloto walk while sleeping
Swahili tembea usingizini
- tembea usingizinito walk while sleeping
Swedish gå i sömnen
- gå i sömnento walk while sleeping
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with somnambulate
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APA
somnambulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnambulate
MLA
“somnambulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnambulate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somnambulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnambulate.
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