bathyscaphe

noun

bathy·​scaphe ˈba-thi-ˌskaf How to pronounce bathyscaphe (audio)
-ˌskāf
variants or bathyscaph
ˈba-thi-ˌskaf How to pronounce bathyscaphe (audio)
: a navigable submersible for deep-sea exploration having a spherical watertight cabin attached to its underside

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The dive, in 1960, was in the primitive bathyscaphe Trieste, now on display at a museum in Washington, DC. — Jim Clash, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 The Trieste, as the bathyscaphe is known, touched down 35,814 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023

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Etymology

borrowed from French bathyscaphe, from bathy- bathy- + Greek skáphos "hull of a ship, ship"

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bathyscaphe was in 1947

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bathyscaphe

noun
bathy·​scaphe ˈbath-i-ˌskaf How to pronounce bathyscaphe (audio)
-ˌskāf
variants or bathyscaph
-ˌskaf How to pronounce bathyscaphe (audio)
: a ship that can be guided underwater for deep-sea exploration and has a round watertight cabin attached to its underside

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