aqualung

English

Etymology

Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- +‎ lung.

Noun

aqualung (plural aqualungs)

(underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)
→ Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu)
→ Polish: akwalung
→ Portuguese: aqualung
→ Russian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)
- → Armenian: ակվալանգ (akvalang)
- → Kazakh: акваланг (akvalañ)

Translations

diving equipment — see also scuba

Armenian: ակվալանգ (hy) (akvalang)
Belarusian: аквала́нг m (akvalánh)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 水肺 (zh) (shuǐfèi)
Georgian: აკვალანგი (aḳvalangi)
German: (specific historic apparatus) Aqualunge f, (otherwise) Drucklufttauchgerät, DTG n, (for short) Tauchgerät n
Hungarian: akvalung, légzőkészülék (hu), könnyűbúvár-légzőkészülék
Indonesian: akualung (id)
Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu)
Kazakh: акваланг (akvalañ)
Polish: akwalung (pl) m
Portuguese: aqualung m
Russian: аквала́нг (ru) m (akvaláng)
Ukrainian: аквала́нг (uk) m (akvalánh)

Verb

aqualung (third-person singular simple present aqualungs, present participle aqualunging, simple past and past participle aqualunged)

To scuba dive.

Portuguese

Noun

aqualung m (plural aqualungs)

(diving) aqualung (diving equipment)

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