submerge

See also: submergé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (under) + mergere (to plunge).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /sʌbˈmɜːdʒ/, [sɐbˈməːdʒ]
  • (US) IPA(key): /sʌbˈmɝdʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒ

Verb

submerge (third-person singular simple present submerges, present participle submerging, simple past and past participle submerged)

  1. (intransitive) To sink out of sight.
    The submarine submerged in the water.
  2. (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
    In films many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To be engulfed in or overwhelmed by something.
    Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syb.mɛʁʒ/

Verb

submerge

  1. first-person singular present indicative of submerger
  2. third-person singular present indicative of submerger
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of submerger
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of submerger
  5. second-person singular imperative of submerger

Latin

Verb

submerge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of submergō

Portuguese

Verb

submerge

  1. third-person singular present indicative of submergir
  2. second-person singular imperative of submergir
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