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plongeur

French, noun/plɔ̃.ʒœʁ/

plongeur is spelled P-L-O-N-G-E-U-R (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plongeur is a French masculine noun meaning “diver (one who dives for pearls, coral, sponges, sunken items, and so on)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui fait son métier de plonger dans la mer pour pêcher des perles, du corail, des éponges, etc., ou…”.

What does plongeur mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    diving (that or who dives)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinediver (one who dives for pearls, coral, sponges, sunken items, and so on)

  2. 2

    masculinediver (one who practices the sport of diving)

  3. 3

    masculinedishwasher (a person who washes dishes in a restaurant or similar establishment)

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui a l’habitude de plonger, en particulier en parlant des animaux.

noun: 1. Celui qui fait son métier de plonger dans la mer pour pêcher des perles, du corail, des éponges, etc., ou dans les rivières pour retirer ce qui est tombé dans l’eau. 2. Personne qui pratique la plongée avec un scaphandre, autonome ou lourd. 3. Celui qui, par exercice, s’enfonce entièrement dans l’eau en se baignant. 4. Employé chargé de nettoyer la vaisselle dans un restaurant.

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 plongeur

  • plongeuse feminine
  • plongeurs masculine plural
  • plongeuses feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce plongeur?

  • /plɔ̃.ʒœʁ/
  • \plɔ̃.ʒœʁ\

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

English words that translate to plongeur

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

How common is plongeur in French?

plongeur appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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