plongée sous-marine

French, noun/plɔ̃.ʒe su.ma.ʁin/

plongée sous-marine is spelled P-L-O-N-G-É-E-S-O-U-S-M-A-R-I-N-E (17 letters). Plongée sous-marine is a French feminine noun meaning “scuba diving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nage sous la surface de l’eau”.

What does plongée sous-marine mean in English?

noun

1
femininescuba diving

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Nage sous la surface de l’eau.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of plongée sous-marine

plongées sous-marines plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce plongée sous-marine?

/plɔ̃.ʒe su.ma.ʁin/
\plɔ̃.ʒe su.ma.ʁin\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to plongée sous-marine

diving

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.