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bathyscaphe

/ba.tis.kaf/

noun, masculine/ba.tis.kaf/plural: bathyscaphes

bathyscaphe

Compound from Ancient Greek elements βᾰθῠ́ς (băthŭ́s, “deep”) + σκᾰ́φη (skắphē, “little ship”). Coined by its inventor Auguste Piccard in the 1940's.

bathyscaphe — French Dictionary | Passage