escafandra

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Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

escafandra f (plural escafandres)

  1. Alternative form of escafandre

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French scaphandre, from Ancient Greek σκάφη (skáphē, boat) and ἀνδρός (andrós, man). Term first used in French in 1775 by Jean-Baptiste de la Chappelle.[1] Cognate with Portuguese escafandro.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eskaˈfandɾa/ [es.kaˈfãn̪.d̪ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -andɾa
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧fan‧dra

Noun[edit]

escafandra f (plural escafandras)

  1. diving suit

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ escafandra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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