🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

dive verb

  /daɪv/
  • (intransitive) To swim under water.
 plonger, nager
  • (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
  • (intransitive) To jump into water head-first.
 se plonger, 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

  /ˈdiː.və/
  • Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]
  • (slang, derogatory, informal) A person with an inflated sense of self, who 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
dumpster dive
faire les poubelles
dive in
piquer une tête
dive-under
saut de mouton
duck dive
plongeon en canard
free dive
apnéiser
dive bomber
bombardier en piqué
swan dive
saut de l'ange
gambling den, dive
tripot
duck-dive
plongeon en canard

🇫🇷 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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