Meanings
plural somnambulisms
- countableuncountablesleepwalking
Meanwhile, towards the twelfth century, there come to be two weaknesses attached to this state of half-grown youth: by night somnambulism; in the daytime seeing of visions, trance, and the gift of tears.
1862, Jules Michelet, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle AgesSynonyms: sleepwalking, noctambulism, somnambulance, somnambulation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsleepwalking
More synonyms by meaning
nounwalking by a person who is asleep
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsomnus“sleep”
- New Latinsomnambulus
- Frenchsomnambulisme
- Englishsomnambulism
From French somnambulisme, from New Latin somnambulus, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”), + -ism.
More words from French, New Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اَلسَّيْر أَثْنَاءَ ٱلنَّوْم
- اَلسَّيْر أَثْنَاءَ ٱلنَّوْم (as-sayr ʔaṯnāʔa n-nawm)sleepwalking
Bulgarian сомнамбулизъм
- сомнамбулизъм (somnambulizăm)sleepwalking
Catalan somnambulisme
- somnambulismesleepwalking
Chinese Mandarin 睡游症, 夢遊症 /梦游症
- 睡游症 (shuìyóuzhèng)sleepwalking
- 夢遊症 /梦游症 (mèngyóuzhèng)sleepwalking
Czech náměsíčnost
- náměsíčnostsleepwalking
Danish søvngængeri
- søvngængerisleepwalking
Dutch slaapwandelen
- slaapwandelensleepwalking
Esperanto somnambulismo
- somnambulismosleepwalking
Finnish somnambulismi, unissakävely
- somnambulismisleepwalking
- unissakävelysleepwalking
French somnambulisme
- somnambulismesleepwalking
German Schlafwandeln, Somnambulismus
- Schlafwandelnsleepwalking
- Somnambulismussleepwalking
- Somnambuliesleepwalking
Hebrew סהרוריות
- סהרוריותsleepwalking
Hindi निद्राचार
- निद्राचार (nidrācār)sleepwalking
Italian sonnambulismo
- sonnambulismosleepwalking
Japanese 睡眠時遊行症
- 睡眠時遊行症 (suiminjiyūkōshō)sleepwalking
Polish somnambulizm
- somnambulizmsleepwalking
Portuguese sonambulismo
- sonambulismosleepwalking
Romanian somnambulism, noctambulism
- somnambulismsleepwalking
- noctambulismsleepwalking
- selianismsleepwalking
Russian сомнамбули́зм, лунати́зм
- сомнамбули́зм (somnambulízm)sleepwalking
- лунати́зм (lunatízm)sleepwalking
Slovak námesačníctvo
- námesačníctvosleepwalking
Spanish sonambulismo, somnambulismo
- sonambulismosleepwalking
- somnambulismosleepwalking
Swahili kutembea usingizini
- kutembea usingizinisleepwalking
Cite this entry
somnambulism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnambulism
“somnambulism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnambulism. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somnambulism,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnambulism.
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