English Explanatory Dictionary

submarine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea.
  2. Hidden or undisclosed.
  3. Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.
noun
  1. A boat that can go underwater.
  2. Alternative form of submarine sandwich.
  3. A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
  4. Any submarine plant or animal.
  5. A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
verb
  1. To operate or serve on a submarine.
  2. To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
  3. To sink or submerge oneself.
  4. To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).

Pronunciation

/sʌb.məˈɹiːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-submarine.wav /sʊb.məˈɹiːn/ /sʌb.məˈɾin/ /sʌb.məˈɾiːn/ /sʌb.məˈɹin/ /ˈsʌb.mə.ɹin/

Word forms

submarine sub-marine submarines submarining submarined

Etymology

From sub- + marine.

Synonyms

submerged undersea subsea U-boat

Antonyms

surface ship

Related words

subaquatic subaqueous submariner sub

Derived words

antisubmarine anti-submarine Italian submarine sandwich midget-submarine minisubmarine narcosubmarine nonsubmarine nuclear submarine pizza submarine sandwich screen door on a submarine submarine ace submarine chaser submarine fan submarineful submarinelike submarine paradox submarine patent submarine pitch submariner submarine river submarine sandwich submarinism submarinist submarium unidentified submarine object vanilla submarine when they go low, we go submarine

Translations

Afrikaans: duikboot Albanian: nëndetëse Arabic: غَوَّاصَة Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܡܘܿܨܬܵܐ Armenian: սուզանավ Assamese: শিহুজাহাজ Asturian: somarín Asturian: submarín Azerbaijani: su altı qayıq Azerbaijani: sualtı qayıq Belarusian: падво́дная ло́дка Belarusian: субмары́на Bengali: সাবমেরিন Breton: splujerez Bulgarian: подво́дница Burmese: ရေငုပ်သင်္ဘော Catalan: submarí Chinese Mandarin: 潛艇 /潜艇 Chinese Mandarin: 潛水艇 /潜水艇 Czech: ponorka Danish: ubåd Dutch: onderzeeër Dutch: duikboot Dutch: onderzeeboot Esperanto: submarŝipo Estonian: allveelaev Faroese: kavbátur Finnish: sukellusvene French: sous-marin West-Frisian: ûnderseeboat Galician: submarino Georgian: წყალქვეშა ნავი German: Unterseeboot German: U-Boot German: Unterwasserboot Greek: υποβρύχιο Gujarati: પાણડૂબી Haitian Creole: soumaren Hawaiian: mokuluʻu Hebrew: צוֹלֶלֶת Hindi: पनडुब्बी Hungarian: tengeralattjáró Icelandic: kafbátur Ido: submersonavo Indonesian: kapal selam Irish: fomhuireán Italian: sottomarino Italian: sommergibile Japanese: 潜水艦 Japanese: サブマリン
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