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 at depth.

Translations

diving equipment — see also scuba

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

  Mandarin: 水肺 (zh) (shuǐfèi)

• Georgian: აკვალანგი (aḳvalangi)
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• German: Aqualunge f
• Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu)
• 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.

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Portuguese

Noun

aqualung m (plural s)

1. (diving) aqualung (diving equipment)