frogman

English

Etymology

From frog +‎ man, after the fact that frogs are amphibious.

Pronunciation

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Noun

frogman (plural frogmen)

1. A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear).
2. A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL.
3. (by extension) A member of a naval special operations unit.

Translations

diver

Arabic: ضِفْدِع بَشَرِيّ m (ḍifdiʕ bašariyy) Egyptian Arabic: ضفدع بشري m (ḍifdiʕ bašari) Azerbaijani: dalğıc (az) Bulgarian: водолаз (bg) m (vodolaz) Catalan: home granota m, escafandrista m or f Czech: žabí muž m, potápěč (cs) m pl Danish: frømand c Dutch: kikvorsman (nl) m Faroese: froskmaður m Finnish: sammakkomies (fi) French: homme-grenouille (fr) m German: Froschmann (de) m, Taucher (de) m Greek: βατραχάνθρωπος (el) m (vatrachánthropos) Hebrew: אִישׁ צְפַרְדֵּעַ (he) m (ish tsfardea) Hungarian: békaember (hu), búvár (hu) Italian: sommozzatore (it) m Macedonian: ну́ркач m (núrkač) Norwegian: Nynorsk: froskemann m, dykkar (nn) m Polish: płetwonurek (pl) m Portuguese: homem-rã (pt) m Russian: водола́з (ru) m (vodoláz), легководола́з (ru) m (lexkovodoláz) Serbo-Croatian: čovjek žaba m, čovek žaba m Spanish: buzo (es) m, submarinista (es) m or f, hombre rana m Swedish: grodman (sv) c Thai: มนุษย์กบ (má-nút-gòp) Turkish: dalgıç (tr)

military diver

Danish: frømand c (Danish Navy special forces) Finnish: taistelusukeltaja (fi) German: Kampfschwimmer (de) m, Kampftaucher m, Froschmann (de) m Serbo-Croatian: podvodni diverzant m Vietnamese: người nhái (vi)