escafandra

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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escafandra f (plural escafandres)

  1. Alternative form of escafandre

Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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escafandra f (plural escafandras)

  1. diving suit

Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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