somersault
/ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/
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Northern England/ˈsʊməˌsɒlt/
somersault noun: starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
Noun
somersault (plural somersaults)
- Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
- Near-synonym: backflip
Verb
somersault (third-person singular simple present somersaults, present participle somersaulting, simple past and past participle somersaulted)
somersault meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
somersault in Tamil
- குட்டிக்கரணம்
somersault in Marathi
- somersault
- कोलांटी kolāṇṭī
somersault in Urdu
- قلابازی
somersault in Bengali
- ডিগবাজি
More languagesFewer languages
- somersault in Malayalam
- മലക്കംമറിച്ചിൽ, കുട്ടിക്കരണം, കരണം മറിച്ചിൽ, തലകുത്തിമറിച്ചിൽ
- somersault in Kannada
- ಅಂತರಪಲ್ಟಿ, ಅಂತರಲಾಗ, ಡೊಂಬರಲಾಗ, ಕುಟ್ಟಿಗ
- somersault in Punjabi
- ਬਾਜ਼ੀ bāzī
- somersault in Tagalog
- balintong, bumalintong
- somersault in Indonesian
- salto
- somersault in Vietnamese
- lộn, nhào lộn
Examples of somersault in a sentence
- The gymnast performed a perfect somersault.
- The puck position is allowed during competitions when performing multi-twisting multiple somersaults.
- The breathtaking beauty of this vista made my soul turn somersaults.
Synonyms of somersault
Forms of somersault
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | somersaults |
| alternative form (archaic) | somerset |
| alternative form (archaic) | summersault |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | somersaults |
| present participle | somersaulting |
| past participle | somersaulted |
| past | somersaulted |
Origin of somersault
From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”), from Latin suprā (“over”) + saltus (“jump”). Doublet of soubresaut. Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”).
Words formed from somersault
- back somersault
- front somersault
- moonsault
- somersaulter
- somersault signal
- summy
Phrases with somersault
Questions about somersault
- What does somersault mean?
- Somersault means starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
- What is somersault in Tamil?
- Somersault in Tamil is குட்டிக்கரணம். See Somersault meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is somersault?
- Somersault can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce somersault?
- Somersault is pronounced /ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of somersault?
- The plural of somersault is somersaults.
Words near somersault in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: somersault (page history and authors); somersault (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कोलांटी (Marathi) (page history and authors); somersault (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); somersault (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); somersault (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); somersault (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਬਾਜ਼ੀ (Punjabi) (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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