aqualung

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noun

A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.

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Aqua-Lungscuba
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Meanings

nounaqualung (plural aqualungs)

plural aqualungs

  1. divingA piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
verbaqualung (third-person singular simple present aqualungs, present participle aqualunging, simple past and past participle aqualunged)

present singular third person aqualungs · participle present aqualunging · participle past aqualunged · past aqualunged

  1. To scuba dive.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water; scuba is an acronym for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

Similar
Aqua-Lungscuba
Broader
breathing devicebreathing apparatusbreathing machine
Also see
scuba

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- + lung.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 水肺
  • 水肺 (shuǐfèi)diving equipment — see also scuba
German Aqualunge, Drucklufttauchgerät
  • Aqualungediving equipment — see also scuba
  • Drucklufttauchgerätdiving equipment — see also scuba
  • DTGdiving equipment — see also scuba
  • Tauchgerätdiving equipment — see also scuba
Hungarian akvalung, légzőkészülék
  • akvalungdiving equipment — see also scuba
  • légzőkészülékdiving equipment — see also scuba
  • könnyűbúvár-légzőkészülékdiving equipment — see also scuba
Indonesian akualung
  • akualungdiving equipment — see also scuba
Japanese アクアラング
  • アクアラング (akuarangu)diving equipment — see also scuba
Polish akwalung
  • akwalungdiving equipment — see also scuba
Portuguese aqualung
  • aqualungdiving equipment — see also scuba
Russian аквала́нг
  • аквала́нг (akvaláng)diving equipment — see also scuba
Ukrainian аквала́нг
  • аквала́нг (akvalánh)diving equipment — see also scuba
Cite this entry
APA

aqualung. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aqualung

MLA

“aqualung.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aqualung. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aqualung,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aqualung.

Source: aqualung on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.