somersault

• somerset
• summersault

From French sombresault (now obsolete, compare Modern French sursaut, soubresaut), from Old Occitan sobresalt, from sobre- (“over, above”) + salt (“jump”). Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɔːɫt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɑɫt/

somersault (plural somersaults)

1. Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degree while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet going over one's head.

• back somersault
• front somersault
• summy

somersault (third-person singular simple present somersaults, present participle somersaulting, simple past and past participle somersaulted)

1. To perform a somersault.

   The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.

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