"submersible" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: submerse + -ible. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|submerse|ible}} submerse + -ible Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} submersible
  1. Able to be submerged. Translations (able to be submerged): afzinkbaar (Dutch), upotettava (Finnish), sukelluskykyinen (Finnish), submersible (French), nedsenkbar (Norwegian Bokmål), submersível (Portuguese), submergível (Portuguese), sumergible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-submersible-en-adj-y~-slhUq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: semi-submersible, semisubmersible

Noun

Forms: submersibles [plural]
Etymology: submerse + -ible. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|submerse|ible}} submerse + -ible Head templates: {{en-noun}} submersible (plural submersibles)
  1. (British) A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration. Tags: British Translations (small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration): غَطَّاسَة (ḡaṭṭāsa) [feminine] (Arabic), غَاطِسَة (ḡāṭisa) [feminine] (Arabic), pienoissukellusvene (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-submersible-en-noun-nsC8TxMh Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 16 26 16 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 5 17 25 27 16 11 Disambiguation of 'small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration': 66 5 6 12 10
  2. (British) A retroactive term used for non-nuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed "true submarines". Tags: British
    Sense id: en-submersible-en-noun-HWy-hgJ0 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 16 26 16 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 5 17 25 27 16 11
  3. (British) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed "true submersibles", because they cannot retroactively declare that their non-nuclear submarines should be called by a different name. Tags: British
    Sense id: en-submersible-en-noun-u0QdLlsu Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 16 26 16 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 5 17 25 27 16 11
  4. (US) A very small "baby" submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications. Slang synonyms: midget-submarine, anchor. Tags: US Translations (very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered): pienoissukellusvene (Finnish), Tauchboot [neuter] (German), 잠수정 (jamsujeong) (alt: 潜水艇) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-submersible-en-noun-LwQ4hUhL Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 16 26 16 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 5 17 25 27 16 11 Disambiguation of 'very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered': 14 3 5 61 17
  5. (nautical) An underwater vehicle with limited mobility, similar to a submarine, but less mobile. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-submersible-en-noun-APXEPpB6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 24 16 26 16 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 5 17 25 27 16 11 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: semi-submersible, semisubmersible, sub Coordinate_terms: bathyscaphe, semisub, semi-sub, semisubmarine, semi-submarine, sub, submarine Translations (non-nuclear submarine): tavanomainen sukellusvene (Finnish) Translations (nuclear submarine): ydinsukellusvene (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'non-nuclear submarine': 27 11 10 27 25 Disambiguation of 'nuclear submarine': 20 12 13 29 26

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "alt": "潜水艇",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jamsujeong",
      "sense": "very small submarine designed for specific localized missions and usually tethered",
      "word": "잠수정"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Submarine"
  ],
  "word": "submersible"
}

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