submariner

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /səbˈmɛrɪnɚ/ UK /ˌsʌbməˈriːnə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a member of the crew of a submarine

The veteran submariner spent months at a time beneath the polar ice.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a member of the crew of a... sailor seaman crewman

Word family

Related forms submarine marine marinermarina

Etymology

From submarine + -er. Submarine is from sub- ('under') + marine, from Latin marīnus ('of the sea'), from mare ('sea'), from Proto-Indo-European *móri ('body of water').

sub Latin mare Latin *móri Proto-Indo-European

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# submariner

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /səbˈmɛrɪnɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌsʌbməˈriːnə/

## Meanings
1. a member of the crew of a submarine

## Examples
- The veteran submariner spent months at a time beneath the polar ice.

## Synonyms
- sailor
- seaman
- crewman

## Related Forms
- submarine
- marine
- mariner
- marina

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sub
- Root: mare
- Root: *móri

## Etymology
From submarine + -er. Submarine is from sub- ('under') + marine, from Latin marīnus ('of the sea'), from mare ('sea'), from Proto-Indo-European *móri ('body of water').

## AI Etymology
Submariner is from submarine + -er. Submarine is from sub- ('under') + marine, from Latin marīnus ('of the sea'), from mare ('sea'), from Proto-Indo-European *móri ('body of water'). Important recorded forms include sub (Latin), mare (Latin), and *móri (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the sub- element contributes the sense of under, below, secondary status, or movement from beneath, with the base naming the field of application. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a member of the crew of a submarine. The wider family includes related words such as submarine, marine, mariner, and marina.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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