English Etymology From frog + man, after the fact that frogs are amphibious. Pronunciation Audio (US):(file) Noun frogman (plural frogmen) A diver, especially one in a diving suit (as opposed to one in scuba gear). A military diver, e.g. a US Navy SEAL. (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) Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.