somersault

English

Noun

somersault (plural somersaults)

1. In gymnastics, an act where the gymnast turns head over heels

Alternative forms

• somerset

Translations

the act of going head over heels

• Czech: kotrmelec (cs) m
• Dutch: buiteling (nl)
• Finnish: kuperkeikka (fi), voltti (fi)
• French: galipette (fr) f
• German: Purzelbaum (de) m
• Icelandic: kollhnís (is) m, heljarstökk (is) n

• Japanese: 宙返り (ja) (chūgaeri)
• Latgalian: kiuliņs
• Latvian: kūlenis (lv)
• Portuguese: salto mortal (pt) m
• Romanian: tumbă (ro), rostogolire (ro)
• Russian: кульбит (ru) (kul'bít) m, кувырок (ru) (kuvyrók) m, сальто (ru) (salʹto) n
• Spanish: voltereta (es) f (by a child), salto mortal (acrobatics)
• Swedish: kullerbytta c

Verb

somersault (third-person singular simple present somersaults, present participle somersaulting, simple past and past participle somersaulted)

1. To perform a somersault.

   The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.