scuba

English

Alternative forms

• SCUBA

Etymology

Acronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskuːbə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːbə

Noun

scuba (plural scubas)

1. (underwater diving) An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure which can be used underwater.

Derived terms

• scuba diver
• scuba diving
• scuba set

 

Related terms

• SCBA

Translations

diving equipment — see also aqualung

• Bulgarian: акваланг (bg) m (akvalang)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水肺 (zh) (shuǐfèi)

• German: Drucklufttauchgerät, DTG n, (for short) Tauchgerät n
• Hungarian: légzőkészülék (hu), könnyűbúvár-légzőkészülék
• Japanese: スキューバ (sukyūba)
• Polish: akwalung (pl) m
• Russian: аквала́нг (ru) m (akvaláng), ску́ба (ru) f (skúba)
• Thai: สกูบา (sà-gu-báa)

Verb

scuba (third-person singular simple present scubas, present participle scubaing, simple past and past participle scubaed)

1. (rare) To perform scuba diving.

Anagrams

• Bacus, ubacs