sous-marin
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /su.ma.ʁɛ̃/
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Noun
[edit]sous-marin m (plural sous-marins)
- submarine (undersea boat)
- (North America) submarine (sandwich)
Adjective
[edit]sous-marin (feminine sous-marine, masculine plural sous-marins, feminine plural sous-marines)
- underwater; submarine
- 1874, Jules Verne, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, sourced from [1]:
- Nous occupions, en cet endroit. Le centre d'une vaste clairière, entourée par les hautes arborisations de la forêt sous-marine.
- At this locality we stood in the center of a huge clearing surrounded by the tall tree forms of this underwater forest.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “sous-marin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
