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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Somersault \Som"er*sault\, Somerset \Som"er*set\, n. [F.
     soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an
     overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to
     leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden
     asault, a surprise. See Supra, and Salient.]
     A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and
     lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also
     summersault, sommerset, summerset, etc.] ``The
     vaulter's sombersalts.'' --Donne.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Now I'll only
           Make him break his neck in doing a sommerset. --Beau. &
                                                    Fl.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Somersault \Som"er*sault\, Somerset \Som"er*set\, n. [F.
     soubresaut a jump, leap, OF. soubresault, It. soprassalto an
     overleap, fr. L. supra over + saltus a leap, fr. salire to
     leap; or the French may be from Sp. sobresalto a sudden
     asault, a surprise. See Supra, and Salient.]
     A leap in which a person turns his heels over his head and
     lights upon his feet; a turning end over end. [Written also
     summersault, sommerset, summerset, etc.] ``The
     vaulter's sombersalts.'' --Donne.
  
           Now I'll only Make him break his neck in doing a
           sommerset.                               --Beau. & Fl.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  somersault
       n : an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
           (either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersaulting,
            flip]
       v : do a somersault

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  somersault
     n.
     Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 °
  while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's
  head.
     vb.
     To perform a somersault.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  somersault
     n.
     Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 °
  while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's
  head.
     vb.
     To perform a somersault.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  somersault
     n.
     Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 °
  while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's
  head.
     vb.
     To perform a somersault.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  somersault
     n.
     Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 °
  while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's
  head.
     vb.
     To perform a somersault.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  somersault
     Englanti n.
     kuperkeikka, voltti
     Englanti vb.
     tehdä kuperkeikka, tehdä voltti

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  somersault
     Engelska n.
     kullerbytta

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Somersault /sˈʌməsˌɒlt/
  الشقلبة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  somersault //ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɑlt// //ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɒlt// //ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɔːlt// 
  салто
  the act of going head over heels

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  somersault //ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɑlt// //ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɒlt// //ˈsʌmə(ɹ)ˌsɔːlt// 
  правя салто
  to perform somersault

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  somersault /sˈʌməsˌɒlt/
  salto

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  somersault /sˈʌməsˌɒlt/ 
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