plongée
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French plongée. See plunge.
Noun
plongée (plural plongées)
- (military) A slope or sloping down toward the front.
- the plongée of a parapet; the plongée of a shell in its course
References
- “plongée”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plɔ̃.ʒe/
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- Homophones: plongé, plongeai, plongée, plongées, plonger, plongés, plongez
Noun
plongée f (plural plongées)
Derived terms
Participle
plongée f sg
- feminine singular of plongé
Further reading
- “plongée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.