somersault
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Etymology[edit]
From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”), from Latin supra (“over”) + saltus (“jump”).
Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɒlt/ IPA(key): /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɔːlt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɑlt/
Noun[edit]
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.
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Translations[edit]
the act of going head over heels
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Verb[edit]
somersault (third-person singular simple present somersaults, present participle somersaulting, simple past and past participle somersaulted)
- To perform a somersault.
- The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.
Translations[edit]
to perform somersault
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See also[edit]
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