snorkel

== English == === Etymology === 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 === Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kəl === Noun === snorkel (plural snorkels) (underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater. A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth. Synonym: snort A snorkel parka. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === snorkel (third-person singular simple present snorkels, present participle (US) snorkeling or (UK) snorkelling, simple past and past participle (US) snorkeled or (UK) snorkelled) To use a snorkel. ==== Derived terms ==== snorkeler/snorkeller ==== Translations ==== == Afrikaans == === Etymology === Borrowed from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsnɔr.kəl/ === Noun === snorkel (plural snorkels) A snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube). === Verb === snorkel (present snorkel, present participle snorkelende, past participle gesnorkel) to snorkel (to dive using a breathing tube) == Dutch == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈsnɔr.kəl/ Hyphenation: snor‧kel === Noun === snorkel m (plural snorkels, diminutive snorkeltje n) snorkel (swimming gear, breathing tube) submarine snorkel, snort Synonym: snuiver ==== Derived terms ==== snorkelen == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English snorkel, from German Schnorchel (“snorkel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsnor.kəl/, [ˈsnor.kəl] Rhymes: -kəl Hyphenation: snor‧kêl === Noun === snorkêl (plural snorkel-snorkel) snorkel: a hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater snort: a retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth === Further reading === “snorkel”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === esnórquel (rare, Brazil) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English snorkel. === Noun === snorkel m (plural snorkels) snorkel (hollow tube used for breathing underwater) == Spanish == === Alternative forms === esnórquel esnórkel esnorquel === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English snorkel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈnoɾkel/ [ezˈnoɾ.kel] Rhymes: -oɾkel === Noun === snorkel m (plural snorkels or snorkel) snorkel snorkelling ==== Usage notes ==== 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. === Further reading === “snorkel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “snorkel”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 esnórkel | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE snorkelear | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE esnorkelear | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE == Swedish == === Noun === snorkel c a snorkel ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== snorkla snorkling === References === “snorkel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “snorkel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “snorkel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)