aqualung

English

Etymology

Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- +‎ lung.

Noun

aqualung (plural aqualungs)

1. (underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.

Derived terms

• aqualunger
• aqualungist

 

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)
• → Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu)
• → Polish: akwalung
• → Portuguese: aqualung
• → Russian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)
  • → Armenian: ակվալանգ (akvalang)
  • → Kazakh: акваланг (akvalañ)

Translations

diving equipment — see also scuba

• Armenian: ակվալանգ (hy) (akvalang)
• Belarusian: аквала́нг m (akvalánh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水肺 (zh) (shuǐfèi)

• Georgian: აკვალანგი (aḳvalangi)
• German: (specific historic apparatus) Aqualunge f, (otherwise) Drucklufttauchgerät, DTG n, (for short) Tauchgerät n
• Hungarian: akvalung, légzőkészülék (hu), könnyűbúvár-légzőkészülék
• Indonesian: akualung (id)
• Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu)
• Kazakh: акваланг (akvalañ)
• Polish: akwalung (pl) m
• Portuguese: aqualung m
• Russian: аквала́нг (ru) m (akvaláng)
• Ukrainian: аквала́нг (uk) m (akvalánh)

Verb

aqualung (third-person singular simple present aqualungs, present participle aqualunging, simple past and past participle aqualunged)

1. To scuba dive.

Portuguese

Noun

aqualung m (plural aqualungs)

1. (diving) aqualung (diving equipment)