somersault

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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.

Verb

To perform a somersault.

Concepts

galipette

saut périlleux

culbute

salto

looping

salto-mortale

saut

sursaut

tonneau

Synonymes

somerset

summersault

summerset

tumble

flip

somersaulting

upside-down position

topple

vault

salto

sommerset

tuba

prance

tumbler

tumbling

turnover

pirouette

volt

acrobatic feat

go head over heels

loop

➿

looping-the-loop

spin

backflip

transformation

tripped

Traductions

Salto

voltereta

Purzelbaum

capriola

salto mortal

τούμπα

salto

tombarella

cambalhota

salto mortale

buiteling

Überschlag

salto

κάνω τούμπα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsʌməˌsɒlt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à français: sursaut

Appartenant à espagnol: sobresaltar

Appartenant à portugais: sobressaltar

In summary

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”).