submerge

See also: submergé

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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 swimming pools.

3. (transitive, figuratively) To be engulfed in or overwhelmed by something.

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

Synonyms

• immerse (2)
• submerse

Derived terms

• submergence
• submerger
• submersion

Translations

to immerse (intransitive)

• Armenian: սուզվել (hy) (suzvel)

  Old Armenian: մխրճիմ (mxrčim)

• Catalan: submergir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淹沒 (zh), 淹没 (zh) (yānmò)

• Dutch: afzinken (nl)
• Esperanto: subakviĝi
• French: submerger (fr)
• Georgian: ჩაძირვა (čaʒirva), დაძირვა (daʒirva)
• German: abtauchen (de)

• Indonesian: menyelam (id)
• Italian: sommergere
• Japanese: 沈む (ja) (しずむ, shizumú)
• Korean: 잠수시키다 , 액체에 넣다.
• Portuguese: submergir (pt)
• Quechua: chapukuy
• Russian: погружа́ться (ru) impf (pogružátʹsja), погрузи́ться (ru) pf (pogruzítʹsja)
• Spanish: sumergir (es)
• Turkish: batmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to immerse (transitive)

• Armenian: ընկղմել (hy) (ənkłmel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淹沒 (zh), 淹没 (zh) (yānmò)

• French: s'immerger (fr)
• Georgian: ჩაძირვა (čaʒirva)
• German: untertauchen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: βάπτω (báptō)

• Indonesian: tenggelam (id)
• Italian: sommergere

• Japanese: 沈める (しずめる, shizumerú)
• Maori: kōuru
• Portuguese: submergir (pt)
• Quechua: challpuy, chapuy
• Russian: погружа́ть (ru) impf (pogružátʹ), погрузи́ть (ru) pf (pogruzítʹ), затопля́ть (ru) impf (zatopljátʹ), затопи́ть (ru) pf (zatopítʹ)
• Turkish: batırmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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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. third-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