frogman

English

Etymology

From frog +‎ man, due to the fact that frogs are amphibious.

Pronunciation

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Noun

frogman (plural frogmen)

1. A Open Water Certified Diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one not in scuba gear).
2. A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL.
3. (by extension) A member of a naval special operations unit.

Translations

diver

• Arabic: ضِفْدِع بَشَرِيّ m (ḍifdiʕ bašariyy)

  Egyptian Arabic: ضفدع بشري m (ḍifdiʕ bašari)

• Azerbaijani: dalğıc (az)
• Bulgarian: водолаз (bg) m (vodolaz)
• Catalan: home granota m, escafandrista m or f
• Czech: žabí muž (cs) m, potápěč (cs) m pl
• Danish: frømand c
• Dutch: kikvorsman (nl) m
• Faroese: froskmaður m
• Finnish: sammakkomies (fi)
• French: homme-grenouille (fr) m
• German: Froschmann (de) m, Taucher (de) m
• Greek: βατραχάνθρωπος (el) m (vatrachánthropos)
• Hebrew: אִישׁ צְפַרְדֵּעַ (he) m (ish tsfardea)
• Hungarian: békaember (hu), búvár (hu)
• Italian: sommozzatore (it) m
• Macedonian: ну́ркач m (núrkač)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: froskemann m, dykkar (nn) m

• Polish: płetwonurek (pl) m
• Portuguese: homem-rã (pt) m
• Russian: водола́з (ru) m (vodoláz), легководола́з (ru) m (lexkovodoláz)
• Serbo-Croatian: čovjek žaba m, čovek žaba m
• Spanish: buzo (es) m, submarinista (es) m or f, hombre rana m
• Swedish: grodman (sv) c
• Thai: มนุษย์กบ (má-nút-gòp)
• Turkish: dalgıç (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: طالغج (dalgıc)

military diver

• Danish: frømand c (Danish Navy special forces)
• Finnish: taistelusukeltaja (fi)
• German: Kampfschwimmer (de) m, Kampftaucher m, Froschmann (de) m
• Serbo-Croatian: podvodni diverzant m
• Vietnamese: người nhái (vi)