somnambulism

English

Etymology

From French somnambulisme, from New Latin somnambulus, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”), +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪzəm/

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Noun

somnambulism (countable and uncountable, plural somnambulisms)

1. sleepwalking
   • 1862, Jules Michelet, La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages‎^[1]:

     Meanwhile, towards the twelfth century, there come to be two weaknesses attached to this state of half-grown youth: by night somnambulism; in the daytime seeing of visions, trance, and the gift of tears.

Synonyms

• sleepwalking (common)
• noctambulism (rare)
• somnambulance (rare)
• somnambulation (rare)

Translations

sleepwalking

• Arabic: اَلسَّيْر أَثْنَاءَ ٱلنَّوْم (as-sayr ʔaṯnāʔa n-nawm)
• Armenian: լուսնոտություն (hy) (lusnotutʻyun), քնաշրջություն (hy) (kʻnašrǰutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: сомнамбулизъм m (somnambulizǎm)
• Catalan: somnambulisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 睡游症 (shuìyóuzhèng), 夢遊症 / 梦游症 (zh) (mèngyóuzhèng)

• Czech: náměsíčnost f
• Danish: søvngængeri n
• Dutch: slaapwandelen (nl) m
• Esperanto: somnambulismo
• Finnish: somnambulismi (fi), unissakävely (fi)
• French: somnambulisme (fr) m
• German: Schlafwandeln (de) n, Somnambulismus (de) m, Somnambulie (de) f
• Hebrew: סהרוריות (he) pl
• Hindi: निद्राचार (nidrācār)
• Italian: sonnambulismo (it) m
• Japanese: 睡眠時遊行症 (ja) (すいみんじゆうこうしょう, suiminjiyūkōshō)
• Polish: somnambulizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: sonambulismo (pt) m
• Romanian: somnambulism (ro) n, noctambulism (ro) n, selianism n
• Russian: сомнамбули́зм (ru) m (somnambulízm), лунати́зм (ru) m (lunatízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: somnabulizam m, mjesečarstvo (sh) n
• Slovak: námesačníctvo n
• Spanish: sonambulismo (es) m, somnambulismo (es) m (uncommon)
• Swahili: kutembea usingizini

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French somnambulisme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /som.nam.buˈlism/

Noun

somnambulism n (uncountable)

1. somnambulism

   Synonyms: noctambulism, selianism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	somnambulism	somnambulismul
genitive-dative	somnambulism	somnambulismului
vocative	somnambulismule

Related terms

• somnambulic
• somnambulist