adj
Meaning 1
Able to be submerged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
submersible
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noun
Meaning 2
A small nonmilitary, nonnuclear submarine for exploration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 3
A retroactive term used for nonnuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed true submarines.
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Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 4
A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed true submersibles, because they cannot retroactively declare that their nonnuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
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Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 5
A very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications.
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Usage: US
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Synonyms: anchor, midget-submarine
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noun
Meaning 6
An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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adjective
Meaning 7
capable of being immersed in water or functioning while submerged
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a submersible pump
- a submergible electric frying pan
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: submergible
Antonyms: nonsubmersible
noun
Meaning 8
a warship designed to operate under water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: submersible warship
Antonyms: surface ship
Broader terms: warship, war vessel, combat ship
Narrower terms: submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat
noun
Meaning 9
an apparatus intended for use under water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: apparatus, setup
Narrower terms: bathyscaphe, bathyscaph, bathyscape, bathysphere, diving bell, minisub, minisubmarine
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English submerse Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English submersible From submerse + -ible.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: submergible — able to be submerged
- Dutch: afzinkbaar — able to be submerged
- Finnish: upotettava — able to be submerged
- Finnish: sukelluskykyinen — able to be submerged
- French: submersible — able to be submerged
- German: tauchfähig — able to be submerged
- German: untertauchbar — able to be submerged
- Norwegian Bokmål: nedsenkbar — able to be submerged
- Portuguese: submersível — able to be submerged
- Portuguese: submergível — able to be submerged
- Spanish: sumergible — able to be submerged
- Welsh: ymsuddol — able to be submerged
- Welsh: suddadwy — able to be submerged
- Arabic: غَطَّاسَة (ḡaṭṭāsa) — small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration
- Arabic: غَاطِسَة (ḡāṭisa) — small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration
- Finnish: pienoissukellusvene — small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration
- Finnish: tavanomainen sukellusvene — non-nuclear submarine
- Finnish: ydinsukellusvene — nuclear submarine
- Catalan: submergible — very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
- Finnish: pienoissukellusvene — very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
- German: Tauchboot — very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
- Korean: 잠수정 (jamsujeong) — very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
- Welsh: llong ymsuddol — very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered
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