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soucoupe

soucoupe noun: a type of small submarine designed to hold two people.

soucoupe: a type of small submarine designed to hold two people
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Noun

soucoupe (plural soucoupes)

  1. A type of small submarine designed to hold two people.
    • Dr. Francis P. Shepard, Professor of Submarine Geology, who has been studying the canyons from the surface for thirty years, remarked: “I learned more in my three dives in the soucoupe.”1964, Westways, volume 56, Automobile Club of Southern California, page 21, column 2
    • In the meantime suspended underwater cameras and deep submersibles, both the bathyscaphs ‘Trieste’ and ‘Archimede’ and the soucoupe of Cousteau have been employed extensively in attempts to identify various scattering layers.1965, Oceanus, volume 12, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Examples of soucoupe in a sentence

  • The soucoupes are easily manageable and movable.1984, Zdeněk Kukal, Atlantis in the Light of Modern Research, Elsevier Science Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 48:
  • An excellent TV movie was made, including a visit to the wreck in his underwater soucoupe.1986, Harold E. Edgerton, Sonar Images, Prentice-Hall, →ISBN, page 54:
  • The soucoupe could take two people to depths of 300 m (1000 ft).1990, Submersible Vehicle Systems Design, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, →ISBN, page 54, column 2:

Forms of soucoupe

pluralsoucoupes

Origin of soucoupe

From French soucoupe, ellipsis of soucoupe plongeante (“diving saucer”).

Questions about soucoupe

What does soucoupe mean?
Soucoupe means a type of small submarine designed to hold two people.
How do you use soucoupe in a sentence?
The soucoupes are easily manageable and movable.
What part of speech is soucoupe?
Soucoupe is a noun.
What is the plural of soucoupe?
The plural of soucoupe is soucoupes.

Words near soucoupe in the dictionary

  1. souchongs
  2. souchy
  3. Soucie
  4. Soucies
  5. soucing
  6. soucoupe
  7. soucoupes
  8. soucouyant
  9. soucouyants
  10. soucriant
  11. soucriants

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