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sleepwalking

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of sleepwalk

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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

walking by a person who is asleep

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: somnambulism, somnambulation, noctambulism, noctambulation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: walk, walking, sleeping

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լուսնոտություն (lusnotutʻyun) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Armenian: քնաշրջություն (kʻnašrǰutʻyun) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Catalan: somnambulisme — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夢遊 /梦游 (mèngyóu) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夢遊症 /梦游症 (mèngyóuzhèng) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 夢遊病 /梦游病 (mèngyóubìng) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Dutch: slaapwandelen — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Faroese: svøvngonga — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Finnish: unissakävely — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • French: somnambulisme — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Georgian: მთვარეულობა (mtvareuloba) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Georgian: სომნაბულიზმი (somnabulizmi) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • German: Schlafwandeln — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • German: Nachtwandeln — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • German: Somnambulismus — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • German: Somnambulie — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Hungarian: alvajárás — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Icelandic: svefnganga — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Irish: suansiúl — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Italian: sonnambulismo — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Japanese: 睡眠時遊行症 (suiminji yūkōshō) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Japanese: 夢遊病 (muyūbyō) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Macedonian: месечарење (mesečarenje) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Navajo: ńdiilgąązh — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Polish: sennowłóctwo — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Polish: somnambulizm — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Portuguese: sonambulismo — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Russian: сомнамбули́зм (somnambulízm) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Russian: лунати́зм (lunatízm) — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Spanish: sonambulismo — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Spanish: somnambulismo — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Turkish: uyurgezerlik — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Vietnamese: mộng du — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep
  • Welsh: cwsgrodiad — act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep