somersault
Etymology
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Etymology
From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Provençal sobresalt, from sobre- ("over, above") + salt ("jump"), from Latin supra + saltus.
Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar and Portuguese sobressaltar.
Pronunciation- (RP) IPA: /ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/, /ˈsʌməˌsɔːlt/
- (Northern England) IPA: /ˈsʊməˌsɒlt/
- (America) IPA: /ˈsʌmɚˌsɔlt/
- (cot-caught) IPA: /ˈsʌmɚˌsɑlt/
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.
- French: salto, saut périlleux, galipette
- German: Salto, Überschlag, Kopsibolter, Purzelbaum
- Italian: capriola
- Portuguese: salto mortal in the air, cambalhota on the ground
- Russian: кульби́т
- Spanish: voltereta by a child, salto mortal acrobatics
somersault (somersaults, present participle somersaulting; simple past and past participle somersaulted)
- To perform a somersault.
- The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.
- Portuguese: dar um mortal
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