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snorkel

English

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A snorkel (definition 1) used by swimmers

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Schnorchel (“(submarine) snorkel”), related to schnarchen (“to snore”). Thus named because of the submarine snorkel's functional similarity to a nose and because of its noise when in use. The anglicized spelling was first recorded in 1945. See, for example, Mark S. Watson, "New Epoch in Sea War", The Baltimore Sun, December 31, 1945, p. 8: "The Germans' earlier quest of the last important objective, it will be remembered, had produced the Snorkel, a long exhaust tube whose vent reached above water and permitted a submerged vessel to discharge its Diesel fumes in open air."

Pronunciation

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    Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kəl

Noun

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snorkel (plural snorkels)

  1. (underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.
  2. A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth.
    Synonym: snort
  3. A snorkel parka.

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Verb

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snorkel (third-person singular simple present snorkels, present participle (UK) snorkelling or (US) snorkeling, simple past and past participle (UK) snorkelled or (US) snorkeled)

  1. To use a snorkel.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel.

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Noun

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snorkel (plural snorkels)

  1. A snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube).

Verb

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snorkel (present snorkel, present participle snorkelende, past participle gesnorkel)

  1. to snorkel (to dive using a breathing tube)

Dutch

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Etymology

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First attested in the 1949. Borrowing from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel. The German word was coined in the 1940s to describe the Dutch snuiver.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsnɔr.kəl/
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  • Hyphenation: snor‧kel

Noun

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snorkel m (plural snorkels, diminutive snorkeltje n)

  1. snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube)
  2. submarine snorkel, snort
    Synonym: snuiver
    • 1949 March 10, “De macht op zee”, in Amigoe di Curaçao, volume 65, number 5670, page 1:
      De snorkel stelt de duikboot in staat om onder water „adem te halen", en zodoende kan zij voor onbepaalde tijd onder water blijven.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel (“snorkel”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsnor.kəl/, [ˈsnor.kəl]
  • Rhymes: -kəl
  • Hyphenation: snor‧kêl

Noun

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snorkêl (plural snorkel-snorkel)

  1. snorkel:
    1. a hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater.
    2. snort: a retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth.

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English snorkel.

Noun

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snorkel m (plural snorkels)

  1. snorkel (hollow tube used for breathing underwater)

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English snorkel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snorkel m (plural snorkels or snorkel)

  1. snorkel
  2. snorkelling

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Swedish

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en snorkel

Noun

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snorkel c

  1. a snorkel

Declension

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Declension of snorkel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite snorkel snorkels
definite snorkeln snorkelns
plural indefinite snorklar snorklars
definite snorklarna snorklarnas

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