French Swimming Vocabulary
Here you will find a complete list of French vocabulary words covering both swimming and scuba diving. Swimming has long been one of the most popular sports in France. With hundreds of miles of beaches along both the Atlantic and Mediterranean people of all ages enjoy swimming and diving. In the list below you’ll find that unlike other sports which have borrowed words extensively from English, most of these words are unique to the French language and may require some extra study time.
| la natation swimming | nager to swim | la piscine swimming pool |
| les styles lde natation swimming styles | le crawl front crawl | la brasse breaststroke |
| le dos crawlé backstroke/back crawl | le papillon butterfly | la nage stroke |
| le coup de pied kick | la brassière armband | les lunettes protectrices goggles |
| la pince pour le nez nose clip | la planche float/kickboard | le maillot de bain swimsuit |
| le couloir lane | l’eau water | le plot de départ starting block |
| le slip de bains trunks | le bonnet de natation swim cap | le tremplin springboard/diving board |
| plonger to dive | le plongeur diver | le tour turn |
| le nageur swimmer | le plongeon dive | nager sur place to tread water |
| les casiers lockers | le water-polo water polo | le petit bassin shallow end |
| la crampe cramp | le plongeon de haut vol high dive | le départ plongé racing dive |
| le maître nageur lifeguard | le grand bassin deep end | la nage synchronisée synchronized swimming |
| la plongée scuba diving | la combinaison de plongée wetsuit | la bouteille d’air air tank |
| le tuba snorkel | le régularteur regulator | la palme flipper |
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