somnambulist C2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /sɑmˈnæmbjəlɪst/ UK /sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪst/ See IPA manual Freq #84360 Meanings 1 noun a person who walks while asleep The somnambulist wandered into the hallway without waking. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who walks while... sleepwalker Word family Derived forms somnambulismsomnambulistic Related forms sleepwalking Etymology Borrowed from French somnambuliste, based on Medieval Latin somnambulus, ‘sleepwalker,’ from Latin somnus, ‘sleep,’ and ambulare, ‘to walk.’ Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # somnambulist **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /sɑmˈnæmbjəlɪst/ **IPA (UK):** /sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪst/ **Frequency rank:** 84360 ## Meanings 1. a person who walks while asleep ## Examples - The somnambulist wandered into the hallway without waking. ## Synonyms - sleepwalker ## Derived Forms - somnambulism - somnambulistic ## Related Forms - sleepwalking ## Etymology Borrowed from French somnambuliste, based on Medieval Latin somnambulus, ‘sleepwalker,’ from Latin somnus, ‘sleep,’ and ambulare, ‘to walk.’ ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown