wetsuit

See also: wet suit

English

Etymology

From wet +‎ suit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛtˌs(j)ut/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

A man in a wetsuit.

wetsuit (plural wetsuits)

1. A close fitting, insulating garment usually made from neoprene or similar material designed to keep one warm during activities on or under water.

Translations

close fitting, insulating garment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 濕式潛水衣 / 湿式潜水衣, 濕式保暖衣 / 湿式保暖衣

• Czech: neopren m
• Danish: våddragt c
• Estonian: kummiülikond, kalipso
• Finnish: märkäpuku (fi)
• French: combinaison de plongée f
• German: Tauchanzug m, Neoprenanzug (de) m
• Hungarian: szörfruha, gumiruha, melegítőruha, búvárruha (hu)
• Italian: muta (it) f, tuta da subacqueo f
• Japanese: ウェットスーツ (wettosūtsu)
• Korean: 잠수복 (ko) (jamsubok)
• Lithuanian: hidrokostiumas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: våtdrakt m or f

  Nynorsk: våtdrakt f

• Polish: pianka (pl) f, skafander (pl) m
• Portuguese: roupa de mergulho f
• Russian: гидрокостю́м (ru) m (gidrokostjúm)
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese: muda

• Sassarese: muda
• Scottish Gaelic: deise-fhliuch f
• Spanish: traje acuático (es) m
• Swedish: våtdräkt (sv) c
• Turkish: dalış elbisesi

See also

• dry suit
• short john
• spring suit
• steamer

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