"snorkel" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-snorkel.ogg [US] Forms: snorkels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kəl 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." Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Schnorchel||(submarine) snorkel}} German Schnorchel (“(submarine) snorkel”), {{m|de|schnarchen||to snore}} schnarchen (“to snore”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} snorkel (plural snorkels)
  1. (underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater. Categories (topical): Underwater diving Translations (hollow tube used for breathing underwater): шнорхел (šnorhel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 廢氣管 (Chinese), 废气管 (Chinese), 浮潜呼吸器 (Chinese), snorkel [common-gender] (Danish), spirtubo (Esperanto), ŝnorkelo (Esperanto), snorkkeli (Finnish), tuba [masculine] (French), prise d’air [feminine] (French), Schnorchel [masculine] (German), שנורקל (shnórkel) [masculine] (Hebrew), búvárpipa (Hungarian), légzőpipa (Hungarian), légzőcső (Hungarian), pipa (Hungarian), boccaglio [masculine] (Italian), シュノーケル (shunōkeru) (Japanese), スノーケル (sunōkeru) (Japanese), 스노클 (seunokeul) (Korean), ngongohā (Maori), snorkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fajka [feminine] (Polish), rurka [feminine] (Polish), snorkel [masculine] (Portuguese), тру́бка (trúbka) [feminine] (Russian), tubo respirador [masculine] (Spanish), snorkel [common-gender] (Swedish), тру́бка (trúbka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-snorkel-en-noun-WImqowJz Topics: diving, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, underwater-diving Disambiguation of 'hollow tube used for breathing underwater': 73 24 3
  2. A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth. Synonyms: snort
    Sense id: en-snorkel-en-noun-zL3VPIPO
  3. A snorkel parka.
    Sense id: en-snorkel-en-noun-eJQDAZ1B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 25 44 5

Verb

Audio: en-us-snorkel.ogg [US] Forms: snorkels [present, singular, third-person], snorkelling [UK, participle, present], snorkeling [US, participle, present], snorkelled [UK, participle, past], snorkelled [UK, past], snorkeled [US, participle, past], snorkeled [US, past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kəl 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." Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Schnorchel||(submarine) snorkel}} German Schnorchel (“(submarine) snorkel”), {{m|de|schnarchen||to snore}} schnarchen (“to snore”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=snorkeled|past2_qual=US|past_qual=UK|pres_ptc2=snorkeling|pres_ptc2_qual=US|pres_ptc_qual=UK}} snorkel (third-person singular simple present snorkels, present participle (UK) snorkelling or (US) snorkeling, simple past and past participle (UK) snorkelled or (US) snorkeled)
  1. To use a snorkel. Derived forms: snorkeler, snorkeller Translations (use a snorkel): snorkle (Danish), snorkelen (Dutch), schnorcheln (German), sznorkelezik (Hungarian), sznorizik [slang] (Hungarian), úszik (Hungarian), könnyűbúvárkodik (Hungarian), snorkla (Icelandic), snorkle (Norwegian Bokmål), snorkla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-snorkel-en-verb-e1XwEWKY

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          "mask",
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        "(underwater diving) A hollow tube, held in the mouth, or mounted on and opening into a diving mask, used by swimmers for breathing underwater."
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        "diving",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "underwater-diving"
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    },
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        "A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth."
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        ],
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        ],
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          "ventilation"
        ],
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          "depth"
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        {
          "word": "snort"
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      "glosses": [
        "A snorkel parka."
      ],
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          "snorkel parka",
          "snorkel parka"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šnorhel",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шнорхел"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "廢氣管"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "废气管"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "浮潜呼吸器"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "snorkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "spirtubo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "ŝnorkelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "snorkkeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuba"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prise d’air"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schnorchel"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shnórkel",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שנורקל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "búvárpipa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "légzőpipa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "légzőcső"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "pipa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boccaglio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shunōkeru",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "シュノーケル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sunōkeru",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "スノーケル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seunokeul",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "스노클"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "word": "ngongohā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snorkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fajka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rurka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snorkel"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trúbka",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тру́бка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tubo respirador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "snorkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "trúbka",
      "sense": "hollow tube used for breathing underwater",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тру́бка"
    }
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  ],
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}

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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "use a snorkel",
      "word": "snorkle"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "use a snorkel",
      "word": "snorkelen"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "use a snorkel",
      "word": "schnorcheln"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use a snorkel",
      "word": "sznorkelezik"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use a snorkel",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "búvárpipával/légzőcsővel/légzőpipával merül",
      "sense": "use a snorkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use a snorkel",
      "word": "úszik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use a snorkel",
      "word": "könnyűbúvárkodik"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "use a snorkel",
      "word": "snorkla"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "use a snorkel",
      "word": "snorkle"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "use a snorkel",
      "word": "snorkla"
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