Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to somersault
Participle: somersaulted
Gerund: somersaulting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | somersault |
| you | somersault |
| he;she;it | somersaults |
| we | somersault |
| you | somersault |
| they | somersault |
Perfect
| I | have somersaulted |
| you | have somersaulted |
| he;she;it | has somersaulted |
| we | have somersaulted |
| you | have somersaulted |
| they | have somersaulted |
Past
| I | somersaulted |
| you | somersaulted |
| he;she;it | somersaulted |
| we | somersaulted |
| you | somersaulted |
| they | somersaulted |
Pluperfect
| I | had somersaulted |
| you | had somersaulted |
| he;she;it | had somersaulted |
| we | had somersaulted |
| you | had somersaulted |
| they | had somersaulted |
Future
| I | will somersault |
| you | will somersault |
| he;she;it | will somersault |
| we | will somersault |
| you | will somersault |
| they | will somersault |
Future Perfect
| I | will have somersaulted |
| you | will have somersaulted |
| he;she;it | will have somersaulted |
| we | will have somersaulted |
| you | will have somersaulted |
| they | will have somersaulted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | somersault |
| you | somersault |
| he;she;it | somersault |
| we | somersault |
| you | somersault |
| they | somersault |
Perfect
| I | have somersaulted |
| you | have somersaulted |
| he;she;it | have somersaulted |
| we | have somersaulted |
| you | have somersaulted |
| they | have somersaulted |
Imperfect
| I | somersaulted |
| you | somersaulted |
| he;she;it | somersaulted |
| we | somersaulted |
| you | somersaulted |
| they | somersaulted |
Pluperfect
| I | had somersaulted |
| you | had somersaulted |
| he;she;it | had somersaulted |
| we | had somersaulted |
| you | had somersaulted |
| they | had somersaulted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would somersault |
| you | would somersault |
| he;she;it | would somersault |
| we | would somersault |
| you | would somersault |
| they | would somersault |
Perfect
| I | would have somersaulted |
| you | would have somersaulted |
| he;she;it | would have somersaulted |
| we | would have somersaulted |
| you | would have somersaulted |
| they | would have somersaulted |
Imperative
| you | somersault |
| we | Let's somersault |
| you | somersault |
Verbs conjugated like 'somersault'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'somersault'
summersault,
oversalt,
overhaul,
oversail,
oversauce,
pole-vault,
segfault,
undersalt,
assault,
caterwaul,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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.
2. Cognate with Spanish sobresaltar (“to spook, startle”) and Portuguese sobressaltar (“to spook, scare, jump over”). See: Spanish '
sobresaltar', Portuguese '
sobressaltar'.
Verbs referencing "somersault"
Spanish
sobresaltar.
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonym: backflip
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The performer somersaulted all the way across the stage.
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He half-carries, half-drags it back to the stern, making sure the heat exchanger stays in the water, and somersaults it into the zodiac. [1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 361:]