🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

dive verb

  /daɪv/
  • (intransitive) To swim under water.
 plonger, nager
  • (intransitive) To jump into water head-first.
  • (transitive) To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
 plonger
  • (sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
 chiquer, jouer la comédie
  • (intransitive, especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
 se plonger

dive noun

  /daɪv/
  • A jump or plunge into water.
 plongeon
  • (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
 bouge, boui-boui, gargote
  • (sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
 chiqué, comédie
  • (aviation) Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
 piqué
  • A swim under water.
  • A decline.
 plongée

diva noun

  /ˈdiːvə/
  • Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]
  • (slang, derogatory, informal) A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension, himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.
 diva

diving noun

  /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/
  • The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
 plongeon, plongée sous-marine
  • Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment.
 plongée sous-marine
  • The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
 plongement, plongeon

diving adjective

  /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/
  • That or who dives or dive.
 plongeant, plongeur
dive bar
bouge
dive in
piquer une tête
dive-under
saut de mouton
duck dive
plongeon en canard
dive bomber
bombardier en piqué
swan dive
saut de l'ange
gambling den, dive
tripot
duck-dive
plongeon en canard
anti-dive
antiplongée

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

diva noun {f}

  /di.va/
  • (Musique) Chanteuse, notamment cantatrice d’art lyrique, de grand talent
  • (Par extension) Personne vaniteuse au comportement difficile, capricieux et exigeant
 diva

dive

daeva
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