somnambule
French, noun/sɔm.nɑ̃.byl/
somnambule is spelled S-O-M-N-A-M-B-U-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somnambule is a French feminine noun meaning “somnambulist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui se lève tout endormi et qui marche, agit, parle sans s’éveiller”.
What does somnambule mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sleepwalking
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se lève tout endormi et qui marche, agit, parle sans s’éveiller.
noun: 1. Personne qui se lève tout endormi et qui marche, agit, parle sans s’éveiller. 2. Personne qui est sous l'influence du sommeil hypnotique. 3. Individu à laquelle on attribue le don de prévoir l’avenir dans ce sommeil.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of somnambule
- somnambules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce somnambule?
- /sɔm.nɑ̃.byl/
- \sɔm.nɑ̃.byl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to somnambule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is somnambule in French?
somnambule appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).