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aqualung

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 K W AH0 L AH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: diving, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, underwater-diving

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To scuba dive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Aqua-Lung, scuba

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: breathing device, breathing apparatus, breathing machine, ventilator

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ակվալանգ (akvalang) — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Belarusian: аквала́нг (akvalánh) — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水肺 (shuǐfèi) — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Georgian: აკვალანგი (aḳvalangi) — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • German: Aqualunge — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • German: Drucklufttauchgerät — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • German: DTG — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • German: Tauchgerät — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Hungarian: akvalung — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Hungarian: légzőkészülék — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Hungarian: könnyűbúvár-légzőkészülék — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Indonesian: akualung — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu) — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Kazakh: акваланг (akvalañ) — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Polish: akwalung — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Portuguese: aqualung — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Russian: аквала́нг (akvaláng) — diving equipment — see also scuba
  • Ukrainian: аквала́нг (akvalánh) — diving equipment — see also scuba