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)
- (underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
Descendants
- → Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu)
- → Polish: akwalung
- → Portuguese: aqualung
- → Russian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)
- → Armenian: ակվալանգ (akvalang)
- → Kazakh: акваланг (akvalang)
Translations
diving equipment — See also translations at scuba
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Verb
aqualung (third-person singular simple present aqualungs, present participle aqualunging, simple past and past participle aqualunged)
- To scuba dive.
Portuguese
Noun
aqualung m (plural aqualungs)
- (diving) aqualung (diving equipment)