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funambulate

Syllables: fu·nam·bu·lateUK/fjʊˈnæm.bjʊ.leɪt//fjuˈnæm.bjuˌleɪt/

funambulate verb: to walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.

Verb

funambulate (third-person singular simple present funambulates, present participle funambulating, simple past and past participle funambulated)

  1. (intransitive) To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.

funambulate meaning in Bengali

funambulate in Bengali

দড়ির ওপর দিয়ে হাঁটা

Forms of funambulate

third-person singular presentfunambulates
present participlefunambulating
past participlefunambulated
pastfunambulated

Origin of funambulate

From funambul(ist) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from funambulate

Words that rhyme with funambulate

Questions about funambulate

What does funambulate mean?
Funambulate means to walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.
What is funambulate in Bengali?
Funambulate in Bengali is দড়ির ওপর দিয়ে হাঁটা. See Funambulate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is funambulate?
Funambulate is a verb.
How do you pronounce funambulate?
Funambulate is pronounced /fjʊˈnæm.bjʊ.leɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of funambulate?
The past tense of funambulate is funambulated.

Words near funambulate in the dictionary

  1. Funadhooviligillaa
  2. Funafuti
  3. funalenone
  4. funalicious
  5. Funamauddaa
  6. funambulate
  7. funambulated
  8. funambulates
  9. funambulating
  10. funambulation
  11. funambulations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: funambulate (page history and authors); funambulate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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