apneist

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noun

A free-diver.

OriginFrench apnéiste ← Italian apneista ← Spanish apneísta →
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Meanings

nounapneist (plural apneists)

plural apneists

  1. non-native speakers' EnglishA free-diver.

    These "no-limits" free dives are basically variable-weight dives, where the apneist descends pulled by a sliding weight, and ascends by inflating some air balloon.

    1994 May 5, Olivier Devuns, “DEEP free-diver dies”, in rec.scuba (Usenet), retrieved 21 Sep 2022
    1 more example

    3 Suplementos alimenticios para un apneista:: 1.- Antioxidantes 2.- Vitaminas A,C,E 3.- Probióticos 3 Food supplements for an apneist: 1.- Antioxidants 2.- Vitamins A, C, E 3.- Probiotics

    2020 January 23, fridalemus, Twitter, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2022

Origin

  1. Spanishapneísta
  2. Italianapneista
  3. Frenchapnéiste
  4. Englishapneist

Borrowed from French apnéiste, Italian apneista, or Spanish apneísta. Equivalent to apnea + -ist.

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APA

apneist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apneist

MLA

“apneist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apneist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apneist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apneist.

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