somersault

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌməˌsɔːlt/
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• Northern-England: /ˈsʊməˌsɒlt/
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• General-American: /ˈsʌmɚˌsɔlt/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈsʌmɚˌsɑlt/
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH1 M ER0 S AO2 L T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”), from Latin suprā (“over”) + saltus (“jump”). Doublet of soubresaut. Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”).

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• ArabicArabic: شقلباز (šaʔlabāz, šaglabāz) — the act of going head over heels
• Aromanian: tumbã — the act of going head over heels
• Bulgarian: салто (salto) — the act of going head over heels
• Catalan: tombarella — the act of going head over heels
• Chinese Mandarin: 筋斗 (jīndǒu) — the act of going head over heels
• Chinese Mandarin: 跟頭 /跟头 (gēntou) — the act of going head over heels
• Czech: salto — the act of going head over heels
• Czech: kotrmelec — the act of going head over heels
• Danish: saltomortale — the act of going head over heels
• Dutch: salto — the act of going head over heels
• Estonian: kukerpall — the act of going head over heels
• Estonian: salto — the act of going head over heels
• Finnish: voltti — the act of going head over heels
• French: salto — the act of going head over heels
• French: saut périlleux — the act of going head over heels
• French: galipette — the act of going head over heels
• Galician: pinchagato — the act of going head over heels
• Galician: pirueta — the act of going head over heels
• Galician: viravolta — the act of going head over heels
• Galician: reviravolta — the act of going head over heels
• Galician: pinchacarneiro — the act of going head over heels
• Galician: chumbalagato — the act of going head over heels
• Georgian: ჰაერში გადატრიალება (haerši gadaṭrialeba) — the act of going head over heels
• Georgian: მიწაზე გადატრიალება (mic̣aze gadaṭrialeba) — the act of going head over heels
• Georgian: სალტო (salṭo) — the act of going head over heels
• Georgian: მალაყი (malaq̇i) — the act of going head over heels
• Georgian: გადატრიალება (gadaṭrialeba) — the act of going head over heels
• Georgian: გადაკოტრიალება (gadaḳoṭrialeba) — the act of going head over heels
• German: Salto — the act of going head over heels
• German: Überschlag — the act of going head over heels
• German: Kopsibolter — the act of going head over heels
• German: Purzelbaum — the act of going head over heels
• Greek: κυβίστηση (kyvístisi) — the act of going head over heels
• Greek: τούμπα (toúmpa) — the act of going head over heels
• Hebrew: סַלְטָה (sálta) — the act of going head over heels
• Hebrew: גִּלְגּוּל (gilgúl) — the act of going head over heels
• Hungarian: szaltó — the act of going head over heels
• Hungarian: bukfenc — the act of going head over heels
• Icelandic: kollhnís — the act of going head over heels
• Icelandic: heljarstökk — the act of going head over heels
• Ido: kulbuto — the act of going head over heels
• Indonesian: salto — the act of going head over heels
• Irish: aer-rothlú — the act of going head over heels
• Italian: capriola — the act of going head over heels
• Japanese: 宙返り (chūgaeri) — the act of going head over heels
• Kazakh: сальто (salto) — the act of going head over heels
• Korean: 공중제비 (gongjungjebi) — the act of going head over heels
• Latgalian: kiuliņs — the act of going head over heels
• Latvian: kūlenis — the act of going head over heels
• Macedonian: са́лто (sálto) — the act of going head over heels
• Maltese: kukrumbajsa — the act of going head over heels
• Māori: pōtēteke — the act of going head over heels
• Māori: pōteketeke — the act of going head over heels
• Māori: turupeke — the act of going head over heels
• Norwegian Bokmål: salto — the act of going head over heels
• Norwegian Bokmål: saltomortale — the act of going head over heels
• Norwegian Nynorsk: salto — the act of going head over heels
• Norwegian Nynorsk: saltomortale — the act of going head over heels
• Polish: salto — the act of going head over heels
• Polish: koziołek — the act of going head over heels
• Polish: przewrót — the act of going head over heels
• Portuguese: salto mortal — the act of going head over heels
• Portuguese: cambalhota — the act of going head over heels
• Romanian: tumbă — the act of going head over heels
• Romanian: rostogolire — the act of going head over heels
• Russian: кульби́т (kulʹbít) — the act of going head over heels
• Russian: кувыро́к (kuvyrók) — the act of going head over heels
• Russian: са́льто (sálʹto) — the act of going head over heels
• Scottish Gaelic: car a' mhuiltein — the act of going head over heels
• Serbo-Croatian: salto — the act of going head over heels
• Slovak: kotrmelec — the act of going head over heels
• Slovak: kotúľ — the act of going head over heels
• Slovak: salto — the act of going head over heels
• Spanish: voltereta — the act of going head over heels
• Spanish: salto mortal — the act of going head over heels
• Spanish: volatín — the act of going head over heels
• Swahili: kichwangomba — the act of going head over heels
• Swedish: kullerbytta — the act of going head over heels
• Tagalog: balintong — the act of going head over heels
• Turkish: perende — the act of going head over heels
• Ukrainian: са́льто (sálʹto) — the act of going head over heels
• Ukrainian: пере́кид (perékyd) — the act of going head over heels
• Ukrainian: пере́верт (perévert) — the act of going head over heels
• Vietnamese: lộn — the act of going head over heels
• Vietnamese: nhào lộn — the act of going head over heels
• Welsh: tin-dros-ben — the act of going head over heels
• Welsh: trosben — the act of going head over heels
• Bulgarian: правя салто (pravja salto) — to perform somersault
• Chinese Cantonese: 打關斗 /打关斗 (daa2 gwaan1 dau2) — to perform somersault
• Chinese Cantonese: 打清秋 — to perform somersault
• Chinese Cantonese: 倒轉來 /倒转来 — to perform somersault
• Chinese Cantonese: 打間斗 /打间斗 — to perform somersault
• Chinese Cantonese: 翻跟斗 (faan1 gan1 dau2) — to perform somersault
• Eastern Min Chinese: 拍滾斗 /拍滚斗 — to perform somersault
• Hakka Chinese: 種觔斗 /种斤斗 — to perform somersault
• Huizhou Chinese: 翻跟斗 — to perform somersault
• Huizhou Chinese: 打跟斗 — to perform somersault
• Jin Chinese: 打尖頭 /打尖头 — to perform somersault
• Jin Chinese: 翻斤頭 /翻斤头 — to perform somersault
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻筋斗 (fān jīndǒu) — to perform somersault
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻跟頭 /翻跟头 (fān gēntou) — to perform somersault
• Chinese Mandarin: 翻跟頭兒 /翻跟头儿 — to perform somersault
• Chinese Mandarin: 吃跟頭兒 /吃跟头儿 — to perform somersault
• Chinese Mandarin: 栽跟頭 /栽跟头 — to perform somersault
• Chinese Mandarin: 踏跟頭 /踏跟头 — to perform somersault
• Chinese Mandarin: 扯倒提 — to perform somersault
• Min Nan Chinese: 捙反輾狗 /捙反辗狗 — to perform somersault
• Min Nan Chinese: 拋糞斗 /抛粪斗 — to perform somersault
• Min Nan Chinese: 拋捙輾 /抛捙辗 — to perform somersault
• Min Nan Chinese: 拋捙輾斗 /抛捙辗斗 — to perform somersault
• Min Nan Chinese: 拋輾斗 /抛辗斗 — to perform somersault
• Min Nan Chinese: 反加薦 /反加荐 — to perform somersault
• Min Nan Chinese: 幺輦斗 /幺辇斗 — to perform somersault
• Northern Min Chinese: 𢫦蹦斗 — to perform somersault
• Wu Chinese: 打畚斗兒 /打畚斗儿 — to perform somersault
• Wu Chinese: 翻頂倒 /翻顶倒 — to perform somersault
• Wu Chinese: 翻筋倒 — to perform somersault
• Wu Chinese: 翻跟頭 /翻跟头 — to perform somersault
• Wu Chinese: 翻跟斗 (1fe 1ken-teu) — to perform somersault
• Wu Chinese: 躥跟斗 /蹿跟斗 — to perform somersault
• Xiang Chinese: 打筋斗 — to perform somersault
• Xiang Chinese: 翻筋斗 — to perform somersault
• Czech: dělat kotrmelec — to perform somersault
• Czech: udělat kotrmelec — to perform somersault
• Czech: dělat salto — to perform somersault
• Czech: udělat salto — to perform somersault
• Finnish: tehdä voltti — to perform somersault
• Hungarian: szaltózik — to perform somersault
• Hungarian: bukfencezik — to perform somersault
• Hungarian: bukfencet vet — to perform somersault
• Ido: kulbutar — to perform somersault
• Māori: pōtēteke — to perform somersault
• Māori: pōteketeke — to perform somersault
• Māori: turupeke — to perform somersault
• Portuguese: dar um mortal — to perform somersault
• Serbo-Croatian: skakati salto — to perform somersault
• Serbo-Croatian: praviti salto — to perform somersault
• Swedish: göra en kullerbyta — to perform somersault
• Tagalog: bumalintong — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: fandingqdaeuj — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: gviengjdaengjyae — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: ndaemgyoij — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: fandingqgyoij — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: boekgingj — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: dajdingqgyaeuj — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: baekcijceuq — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: dingjbyonj — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: boekndaengndieng — to perform somersault
• Zhuang: baekbi'gyoij — to perform somersault