How to pronounce aquanaut
American English pronunciation
AK-wuh-nawt
- IPA
- /ˈækwəˌnɔt/
- Syllables
- AK · wuh · nawt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- AH-kwuh-nawt
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What aquanaut means
A diver who lives and works under the sea for days
In a sentence: The aquanaut waved at us through the window of her underwater home.
Where it comes from: It is built from aqua, a Latin word for water, and -naut, from a Greek word for a sailor, as in astronaut.
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