snorkel

English

A snorkel (definition 1) used by swimmers

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnorchel (“(submarine) snorkel”), related to schnarchen (“to snore”). Thus named because of the submarine snorkel's functional similarity to a nose and because of its noise when in use. The anglicized spelling was first recorded in 1945. See, for example, Mark S. Watson, "New Epoch in Sea War", The Baltimore Sun, December 31, 1945, p. 8: "The Germans' earlier quest of the last important objective, it will be remembered, had produced the Snorkel, a long exhaust tube whose vent reached above water and permitted a submerged vessel to discharge its Diesel fumes in open air."

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kəl

Noun

snorkel (plural snorkels)

1. (underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.
2. A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth.

   Synonym: snort

3. A snorkel parka.

Translations

hollow tube used for breathing underwater

• Bulgarian: шнорхел (bg) m (šnorhel)
• Chinese: 廢氣管／废气管, 浮潜呼吸器
• Danish: snorkel c
• Esperanto: spirtubo, ŝnorkelo
• Finnish: snorkkeli (fi)
• French: tuba (fr) m, prise d’air (fr) f
• German: Schnorchel (de) m
• Hebrew: שנורקל (he) m (shnórkel)
• Hungarian: búvárpipa (hu), légzőpipa, légzőcső (hu), pipa (hu)
• Italian: boccaglio (it) m
• Japanese: シュノーケル (shunōkeru), スノーケル (sunōkeru)
• Korean: 스노클 (seunokeul)
• Maori: ngongohā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snorkel m

• Polish: fajka (pl) f, rurka (pl) f
• Portuguese: snorkel (pt) m
• Russian: тру́бка (ru) f (trúbka)
• Spanish: tubo respirador m
• Swedish: snorkel (sv) c
• Ukrainian: тру́бка f (trúbka)

Verb

snorkel (third-person singular simple present snorkels, present participle (UK) snorkelling or (US) snorkeling, simple past and past participle (UK) snorkelled or (US) snorkeled)

1. To use a snorkel.

Derived terms

• snorkeler/snorkeller

Translations

use a snorkel

• Danish: snorkle
• Dutch: snorkelen (nl)
• German: schnorcheln (de)
• Hungarian: sznorkelezik, (slang) sznorizik, búvárpipával/​légzőcsővel/​légzőpipával merül / úszik, könnyűbúvárkodik
• Icelandic: snorkla
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: snorkle

• Swedish: snorkla (sv)

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔr.kəl/

Noun

snorkel (plural snorkels)

1. A snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube).

Verb

snorkel (present snorkel, present participle snorkelende, past participle gesnorkel)

1. to snorkel (to dive using a breathing tube)

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in the 1949. Borrowing from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel. The German word was coined in the 1940s to describe the Dutch snuiver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔr.kəl/

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• Hyphenation: snor‧kel

Noun

snorkel m (plural snorkels, diminutive snorkeltje n)

1. snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube)
2. submarine snorkel, snort

   Synonym: snuiver

   • 1949 March 10, “De macht op zee”, in Amigoe di Curaçao, volume 65, number 5670, page 1:

     De snorkel stelt de duikboot in staat om onder water „adem te halen", en zodoende kan zij voor onbepaalde tijd onder water blijven.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• snorkelen

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• esnórquel (rare, Brazil)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English snorkel.

Noun

snorkel m (plural snorkels)

1. snorkel (hollow tube used for breathing underwater)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• esnórquel

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English snorkel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈnoɾkel/ [ezˈnoɾ.kel]
• Rhymes: -oɾkel

Noun

snorkel m (plural snorkels or snorkel)

1. snorkel
2. snorkelling

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Noun

snorkel c

1. snorkel

Declension

Declension of snorkel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	snorkel	snorkeln	snorklar	snorklarna
Genitive	snorkels	snorkelns	snorklars	snorklarnas

Derived terms

• snorkla