Submarine

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations to be checked 1.4 External links

English

Etymology

Latin sub under + marinus marine, from mare sea

Adjective

submarine

1. under water

Translations

• Dutch: onderwater-
• French: sous-marin

  vedenalainen

  unter Wasser , unterwasser-

• Greek: υποβρύχιος m , υποβρύχια f, υποβρύχιο n
• Romanica: submarino m, submarina f
• Slovak: podmorský m, podmorská f, podmorské n
• Swedish: undervattens-

Noun

submarine (submarines )

1. A ship that can go underwater.
2. A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread, also called a hero sandwich, a hoagie, a poor boy, and a grinder.
3. (UK): A term reserved by some navies under limited conditions for non-nuclear submarines, because they cannot retroactively declare that these should be called by a different name once nuclear power became adapted for propulsion.
4. (UK): A term adapted by some civilians for calling nuclear submarines ("true submarines") instead of non-nuclear ones ("submersibles").

Synonyms

• u-boat

Related terms

• submariner

Translations to be checked

• Chinese: 潛水艇 , 潜水艇
• Danish: u-båd c
• Dutch: onderzeeër m
• Finnish: sukellusvene
• French: sous-marin m
• German: Unterseeboot , U-Boot n
• Greek: υποβρύχιο n
• Italian: sommergibile m
• Japanese: 潜水艦
• Korean: 잠수함
• Polish: okręt podwodny (also łódź podwodna , f) m
• Portuguese: submarino m
• Romanica: submarino m
• Russian: подводная лодка f (podvodnaya lodka)
• Slovak: ponorka f
• Spanish: submarino m
• Swedish: ubåt c
• Vietnamese: tàu ngầm

External links