Meaning

1 senses

  1. To perform a somersault.

    Near-synonym: backflip

    The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.

    do a somersault

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Tom did a somersault on the trampoline.

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  2. He turned a somersault.

    ruОн сделал сальто.

    deEr machte einen Purzelbaum.

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  3. Tom did a somersault.

    ruТом сделал сальто.

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  4. Tom turned a somersault.

    ruТом сделал кувырок.

    deTom schlug einen Purzelbaum.

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  5. I did a somersault.

    Я зробив сальто.

    ruЯ сделал сальто.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occit

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.

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Forms

somersaults, somersaulting, somersaulted, somersaulted
Base formsomersault · to somersault
3rd person singularsomersaults
Present participlesomersaulting
Past simplesomersaulted
Past participlesomersaulted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysomersault
he, she, itsomersaults

Past simpleLesson

all personssomersaulted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave somersaulted
he, she, ithas somersaulted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill somersault

Synonyms

1 synonyms
backflip

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsomersaulting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
someoneA1someone'ssomeplaceB1somethingA1
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