submerge

See also: submergé

English

Etymology

From Latin submergere, from sub- ("under") + mergere ("to plunge").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sʌbˈmɜːdʒ/, [sɐbˈməːdʒ]
• (US) IPA^(key): /sʌbˈmɝdʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒ

Verb

submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)

1. (intransitive) To sink out of sight.

   The submarine submerged in the water.

2. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

   In films many people are murdered by being submerged in a swimming pool.

3. (transitive) To be engulfed in or with something.

   Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

Synonyms

• immerse (2)
• submerse

Translations

to immerse (intransitive)

• Catalan: submergir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淹沒, 淹没 (zh) (yānmò)

• Dutch: afzinken
• Esperanto: subakviĝi
• French: submerger (fr)
• Georgian: ჩაძირვა (č’ajirva), დაძირვა (dajirva)
• German: abtauchen (de)

• Italian: sommergere
• Japanese: 沈む (ja) (しずむ, shizumú)
• Portuguese: submergir (pt)
• Quechua: chapukuy
• Russian: погружать (ru) impf (pogružátʹsja), погрузить (ru) pf (pogruzítʹsja)
• Spanish: sumergir
• Turkish: batmak (tr)

to immerse (transitive)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淹沒, 淹没 (zh) (yānmò)

• French: s'immerger (fr)
• Georgian: ჩაძირვა (č’ajirva)
• German: untertauchen (de)
• Italian: sommergere

• Japanese: 沈める (しずめる, shizumerú)
• Portuguese: submergir (pt)
• Quechua: challpuy, chapuy
• Russian: погружать (ru) impf (pogružátʹ), погрузить (ru) pf (pogruzítʹ), затоплять (ru) impf (zatopljátʹ), затопить (ru) pf (zatopítʹ)
• Turkish: batırmak (tr)

Derived terms

• submergence
• submersion

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syb.mɛʁʒ/

Verb

submerge

1. first-person singular present indicative of submerger
2. third-person singular present indicative of submerger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of submerger
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of submerger
5. second-person singular imperative of submerger

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Latin

Verb

submerge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of submergō

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Portuguese

Verb

submerge

1. third-person singular present indicative of submergir
2. second-person singular imperative of submergir