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somnambulate

Syllables: som·nam·bu·late/sɒmˈnæm.bjʊ.leɪt/US/sɑmˈnæm.bjuˌleɪt/

somnambulate verb: to walk while sleeping.

Verb

somnambulate (third-person singular simple present somnambulates, present participle somnambulating, simple past and past participle somnambulated)

  1. (intransitive) To walk while sleeping.
    Synonyms:
    sleepwalk

somnambulate meaning in Tamil

somnambulate in Tamil

உறக்கத்தில் நட

Synonyms of somnambulate

Forms of somnambulate

third-person singular presentsomnambulates
present participlesomnambulating
past participlesomnambulated
pastsomnambulated

Origin of somnambulate

Probably a back-formation from somnambulism.

Words that rhyme with somnambulate

Questions about somnambulate

What does somnambulate mean?
Somnambulate means to walk while sleeping.
What is somnambulate in Tamil?
Somnambulate in Tamil is உறக்கத்தில் நட. See Somnambulate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is somnambulate?
Somnambulate is a verb.
How do you pronounce somnambulate?
Somnambulate is pronounced /sɒmˈnæm.bjʊ.leɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of somnambulate?
The past tense of somnambulate is somnambulated.

Words near somnambulate in the dictionary

  1. somnambulant
  2. somnambulantly
  3. somnambulants
  4. somnambular
  5. somnambulary
  6. somnambulate
  7. somnambulated
  8. somnambulates
  9. somnambulating
  10. somnambulation
  11. somnambulations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: somnambulate (page history and authors); somnambulate (Tamil 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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