snorkel
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editsnorkel (plural snorkels)
- (underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.
- A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth.
- Synonym: snort
- A snorkel parka.
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Verb
editsnorkel (third-person singular simple present snorkels, present participle (UK) snorkelling or (US) snorkeling, simple past and past participle (UK) snorkelled or (US) snorkeled)
- To use a snorkel.
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Afrikaans
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsnorkel (plural snorkels)
- A snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube).
Verb
editsnorkel (present snorkel, present participle snorkelende, past participle gesnorkel)
- to snorkel (to dive using a breathing tube)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst 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
editNoun
editsnorkel m (plural snorkels, diminutive snorkeltje n)
- snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube)
- 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
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English snorkel.
Noun
editsnorkel m (plural snorkels)
- snorkel (hollow tube used for breathing underwater)
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English snorkel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsnorkel m (plural snorkels or snorkel)
Usage notes
editAccording 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
editNoun
editsnorkel c
- a snorkel
Declension
editDeclension of snorkel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | snorkel | snorkeln | snorklar | snorklarna |
Genitive | snorkels | snorkelns | snorklars | snorklarnas |
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- Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)kəl
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- Rhymes:Spanish/oɾkel
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