Somnambulism

Definition: Somnambulism

Somnambulism

Noun

1. Walking by a person who is asleep.

Date "somnambulism" was first used: 1797. (references)

Etymology: Somnambulism \Som*nam"bu*lism\, noun. [Compare to the French expression somnambulisme. See Somnambulation.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definition: Somnambulism

Domain	Definition
Health	A parasomnia characterized by a partial arousal that occurs during stage IV of non-REM sleep. Affected individuals exhibit semipurposeful behaviors such as ambulation and are difficult to fully awaken. Children are primarily affected, with a peak age range of 4-6 years. (references)
Medicine	A sleep disorder in which an individual walks and performs other acts while asleep. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Somnambulism

Synonyms: noctambulation (n), noctambulism (n), sleepwalking (n), somnambulation (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Somnambulism

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Imagination	Dreaming; phrensy, frenzy; ecstasy, extasy; calenture; (delirium); reverie, trance; day dream, golden dream; somnambulism.
Journey	Journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation; noctambulation, noctambulism; somnambulism; outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Somnambulism

English words defined with "somnambulism": Night walking ♦ Somnambular, Somnambulistic. (references)

Etymologies containing "somnambulism": somnolent. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Somnambulism" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Romanian (sleepwalking, somnambulism), Swedish (noctambulism, somnambulism).

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Commercial Usage: Somnambulism

Domain	Title
Books	Somnambulism and Other Stories (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Somnambulism

"Somnambulism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Somnambulism" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Somnambulism

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
somnambulism	19
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Somnambulism

Language		Translations for "somnambulism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏السرنمة السير أثناء النوم. (various references)

Bulgarian		сомнамбулизъм (noctambulism), лунатизъм. (various references)

Danish		somnambulismus, somnambulisme, soevngaengeri. (various references)

Dutch		somnambulisme. (various references)

French		somnambulisme. (various references)

German		Somnambulismus, nachtwandeln (sleepwalk). (various references)

Greek		υπνοβασία. (various references)

Italian		sonnambulismo (sleepwalking). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		夢遊病 (sleepwalking). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		り�"�"びょう, むゆうびょう (sleepwalking, sonambulism). (various references)

Manx		saveen-hooyl, oie-hooyl. (various references)

Pig Latin		omnambulismsay

Portuguese		sonambulismo (noctambulizm, sleep-walking). (various references)

Romanian		somnambulism (sleepwalking). (various references)

Russian		сомнамбулизм (noctambulism, noctambulizm), лунатизм (noctambulizm, sleepwalking). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mesečarenje (noctambulism). (various references)

Spanish		sonambulismo. (various references)

Swedish		somnambulism (noctambulism). (various references)

Turkish		uyurgezerlik (noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking). (various references)

Ukrainian		сомнамбулізм (lunacy, noctambulism). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự miên h� nh (sleep-walking). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Somnambulism

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	somnus. (various references)
Modern Latin	1500-Modern	somnambulus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Somnambulism

Derivations
	Words beginning with "somnambulism": somnambulisms. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Somnambulism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: somnabulism, somnambalism, somnambbulism, somnamblism, somnambuliism, somnambulish, somnanbulism, somnombulism, somnumbulism. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Somnambulism"

Words rhyming with "somnambulism" (pronounced 'Som*nam"bu*lism'): Anomalism, Asystolism, Bibliophilism, Bibliopolism, Bicyclism, Bimetallism, Cabalism, Cephalism, Curialism, Embolism, Frivolism, Geomalism, Monometallism, Nephalism, Noctambulism, Parabolism, Phallism, Polythelism, Populism, Psellism, Ptyalism, Sciolism, somnolism, Stimulism, Zoilism. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Somnambulism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-m-m-m-n-o-s-s-u"
	-3 letters: ammoniums, olibanums.
	-4 letters: albumins, ammonium, bimanous, laminous, malisons, olibanum, solanums.
	-5 letters: albinos, albumin, alumins, basions, biomass, bonsais, imbalms, insouls, malison, mammons, mimosas, momisms, monisms, moulins, muslins, nomisms, omnibus, osmiums, salmons, sanious, slumism, solanum, suasion, subsoil, summons, umbonal.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-m-m-m-n-o-s-s-u"
	+1 letter: somnambulisms.
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