escafandra

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.kəˈfan.dɾə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [es.kaˈfan.dɾa]
Rhymes: -andɾa

Noun

escafandra f (plural escafandres)

Alternative form of escafandre

Spanish

Etymology

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

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

Noun

escafandra f (plural escafandras)

diving suit

Derived terms

escafandrero

References

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

Further reading

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

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