Phrase guide

nuclear submarine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A submarine powered by a nuclear reactor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nautilus, nuclear-powered submarine

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غَوَّاصَة نَوَوِيَّة (ḡawwāṣa nawawiyya) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Bulgarian: ядрена подводница (jadrena podvodnica) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Catalan: submarí nuclear — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核子動力潛艇 /核子动力潜艇 (hézǐ dònglì qiántǐng) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核動力潛艇 /核动力潜艇 (hédònglì qiántǐng) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Dutch: kernonderzeeër — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Dutch: kernonderzeeboot — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Estonian: aatomiallveelaev — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Estonian: tuumaallveelaev — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Finnish: ydinsukellusvene — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • French: sous-marin nucléaire — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Galician: submarino nuclear — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • German: Atom-U-Boot — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • German: Atom-Unterseeboot — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • German: Atomunterseeboot — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Icelandic: kjarnorkukafbátur — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Italian: sottomarino nucleare — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Japanese: 原子力潜水艦 (genshiryoku sensuikan) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Korean: 원자력 잠수함 (wonjaryeok jamsuham) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Korean: 핵추진 잠수함 (haekchujin jamsuham) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Korean: 핵잠수함 (haekjamsuham) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Latin: atomica navis subaquanea — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Portuguese: submarino nuclear — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Russian: а́томная подво́дная ло́дка (átomnaja podvódnaja lódka) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Spanish: submarino nuclear — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor
  • Ukrainian: атомний підводний човен (atomnyj pidvodnyj čoven) — submarine powered by a nuclear reactor