submerge

See also: submergé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- +‎ merge.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)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.

   Synonym: immerse

   In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.

3. (transitive, figurative, in the passive voice) To engulf or overwhelm.

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

   • 2023 March 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Island Line to reopen to Ryde Pier in June... possibly”, in RAIL, number 979, page 24:

     On the day of RAIL 's site visit, in heavy weather, the scaffolding and decking that engineers stand on were submerged deep under choppy water, with work suspended. "We have to work around the tides," explained Project Director Alan Venables. "The wind pushes the tide up and the waves get larger. That causes some problems with the scaffold."

Synonyms

• submerse

 

Derived terms

• submergence
• submerger

 

Related terms

• submersion

 

Translations

to immerse (intransitive)

• Armenian: սուզվել (hy) (suzvel)

  Old Armenian: մխրճիմ (mxrčim)

• Bashkir: батыу (batıw)
• Bulgarian: потапям се (potapjam se)
• Catalan: submergir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淹沒／淹没 (zh) (yānmò)

• Dutch: afzinken (nl)
• Esperanto: subakviĝi
• Finnish: upota (fi), vajota (fi), sukeltaa (fi)
• French: submerger (fr)
• Galician: mergullar (gl)
• Georgian: ჩაძირვა (čaʒirva), დაძირვა (daʒirva)
• German: abtauchen (de), versinken (de)
• Hungarian: merül (hu), süllyed (hu)
• Indonesian: menyelam (id)
• Irish: tum
• Italian: sommergere (it)
• Japanese: 沈む (ja) (しずむ, shizumú)
• Korean: 잠수시키다 , 액체에 넣다.
• Latin: summergō
• Portuguese: submergir (pt)
• Quechua: chapukuy
• Russian: погружа́ться (ru) impf (pogružátʹsja), погрузи́ться (ru) pf (pogruzítʹsja)
• Spanish: sumergir (es)
• Turkish: batmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: chìm (vi), lặn (vi)

to immerse (transitive)

• Armenian: ընկղմել (hy) (ənkġmel)
• Bashkir: батырыу (batırıw)
• Bulgarian: потапям (bg) (potapjam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淹沒／淹没 (zh) (yānmò)

• Finnish: upottaa (fi)
• French: s’immerger (fr)
• Galician: mergullar (gl)
• Georgian: ჩაძირვა (čaʒirva)
• German: untertauchen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: βάπτω (báptō)

• Hungarian: merít (hu), süllyeszt (hu)
• Indonesian: tenggelam (id)
• Irish: tum
• Italian: sommergere (it)
• Japanese: 沈める (ja) (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: dìm (vi)

to engulf or overwhelm (used in the passive)

• Bulgarian: потъвам (bg) (potǎvam)

References

• “submerge”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syb.mɛʁʒ/

Verb

submerge

1. inflection of submerger:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

submerge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of submergō

Portuguese

Verb

submerge

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