Dive

"Dive" in French

bouge

(seedy bar)

boui-boui

(seedy bar)

chiqué

(deliberate fall after a challenge)

comédie

(deliberate fall after a challenge)

gargote

(seedy bar)

piqué

(aerial descend with the nose pointed down)

plongeon

(a jump into water)

plongée

(a swim under water)

plongée

(a decline)

chiquer

(sports: imitate a foul)

jouer la comédie

(sports: imitate a foul)

nager

(to swim under water)

plonger

(to swim under water)

plonger

(to descend)

se plonger

(to jump into water head-first)

se plonger

(undertake enthusiastically)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.