submergent

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt

Adjective

submergent (not comparable)

1. underwater; submerged; aquatic
   • 1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms, page 143:

     Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.

Related terms

• submerge
• submergence

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syb.mɛʁʒ/

Verb

submergent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of submerger

Latin

Verb

submergent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of submergō