English

Adjective

submersible

1. Able to be submerged.

Derived terms

• semi-submersible, semisubmersible

Translations

Noun

submersible ‎(plural submersibles)

1. (Britain) A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration.
2. (Britain) A retroactive term used for non-nuclear submarines; nuclear submarines are termed "true submarines".
3. (Britain) A term used primarily by some navies for nuclear submarines, termed "true submersibles", because they cannot retroactively declare that their non-nuclear submarines should be called by a different name.
4. (US) A very small "baby" submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life support and communications. Slang synonyms: midget-submarine, anchor.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin submersus (past participle of submergo) with the suffix -ible.

Adjective

submersible m, f ‎(plural submersibles)

1. submersible

Antonyms

• insubmersible

Noun

submersible m ‎(plural submersibles)

1. a submersible

Related terms

• submerger
• submersion

See also

• bathysphère
• bathyscaphe
• sous-marin