somerset
Syllables: som·er·set/ˈsʌm.ə.sɛt/US/ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt/
somerset is the archaic form of somersault.
Meaning of somersault
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
Proper noun capitalized: Somerset
Somerset
- A maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.
- In Somerset, for example, the local farmers would often boil down the beet juice to create a honey tender, a viscous syrup that sweetened the harvest porridge.1922, Arthur J. P. Williams, Rural Industries of the West Country, page 42
- Synonyms:
- Somersetshire
- An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California.
- A census-designated place in Gunnison County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois.
- A census-designated place in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana.
- A census-designated place in Miami County, Kansas.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Pulaski County, Kentucky.
- A town in Montgomery County, Maryland.
- A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
- A township in Steele County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nebraska.
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- A neighbourhood of Ewing Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
- A census-designated place in Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
- A town and hamlet therein, in Niagara County, New York.
- A village in Perry County, Ohio.
- A borough, the county seat of Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
- A city in Bexar County, Texas.
- A small town (unincorporated) in Windham County, Vermont.
- An unincorporated community in Orange County, Virginia.
- A neighbourhood of Bellevue, King County, Washington.
- A town and village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.
- A local government area in south-east Queensland, Australia; in full, Somerset Region.
- A town in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
- A surname.
Synonyms of somerset
Forms of somerset
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | somersets |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | somersets |
| present participle | somersetting |
| present participle | somerseting |
| past participle | somersetted |
| past | somersetted |
| past participle | somerseted |
| past | somerseted |
Origin of somerset
From Old English Sumorsǣte, which is short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent upon Sumortūn (Somerton)". An alternative suggestion is that the name derives from *Seo-mere-sætan meaning "settlers by the sea lakes".
Words formed from somerset
Questions about somerset
- What does somerset mean?
- Somerset means a maritime county in the west of England bordered by Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, Devon, the Severn estuary and the Bristol Channel.
- What is somerset the archaic form of?
- Somerset is the archaic form of somersault.
- What part of speech is somerset?
- Somerset is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce somerset?
- Somerset is pronounced /ˈsʌm.ɚ.sɛt/ (US).
Words near somerset in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: somerset (page history and authors); Somerset (page history and authors); somersault (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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