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

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

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)
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