Similar words
plongeon
plongeon more specifically means the sport or the dive itself, like competitive diving; plongée is more general, like scuba diving.
Similar in other languages
Spanish
buceo
buceo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "diving."
Practice
1 What does plongée mean?
diving
2 Fill the gap: Ils font de la ___ près des récifs.
Full sentence: Ils font de la plongée près des récifs. (They go diving near the reefs.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches plongée?
plongée: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.