snorkel

How to Split "snorkel" into Syllables

The word snorkel is divided into 2 syllables: snor·kel. Understanding this syllable division is essential for correct pronunciation and spelling.

📝 Syllable Breakdown

• snor — 1st syllable
• kel — 2nd syllable

🔊 Pronunciation Guide

The phonetic transcription of snorkel:

• IPA: /ˈsnɔr.kəl/

📖 Definitions

1. A retractable tube fitted in diesel-engine submarines to allow sufficient ventilation that the engines may be used at periscope depth.
2. snorkel (third-person singular simple present snorkels, present participle (US) snorkeling or (UK) snorkelling, simple past and past participle (US) snorkeled or (UK) snorkelled)

📚 Word Origin & History

Borrowed from German Schnorchel (“(submarine) snorkel”), related to schnarchen (“to snore”). Thus named because of the submarine snorkel's functional similarity to a nose and because of its noise when in use. The anglicized spelling was first recorded in 1945. See, for example, Mark S. Watson, "New Epoch in Sea War", The Baltimore Sun, December 31, 1945, p. 8: "The Germans' earlier quest of the last important objective, it will be remembered, had produced the Snorkel, a long exhaust tube...

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