aqualung
aqualung noun: a piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
Noun
aqualung (plural aqualungs)
- A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
Verb
aqualung (third-person singular simple present aqualungs, present participle aqualunging, simple past and past participle aqualunged)
- To scuba dive.
aqualung meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
aqualung in Tamil
- நீரடி மூச்சுக் கருவி, மூழ்க உதவும் அமைவு
aqualung in Indonesian
- diving equipment — see also scuba
- akualung
Forms of aqualung
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | aqualungs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | aqualungs |
| present participle | aqualunging |
| past participle | aqualunged |
| past | aqualunged |
Origin of aqualung
Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- + lung.
Words formed from aqualung
Questions about aqualung
- What does aqualung mean?
- Aqualung means a piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
- What is aqualung in Tamil?
- Aqualung in Tamil is நீரடி மூச்சுக் கருவி, மூழ்க உதவும் அமைவு. See Aqualung meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aqualung?
- Aqualung can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of aqualung?
- The plural of aqualung is aqualungs.
Words near aqualung in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aqualung (page history and authors); aqualung (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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