policeman

French translation: policier / agent de police

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English term or phrase:	policeman
French translation:	policier / agent de police
Entered by:	Emanuela Galdelli

07:58 Jan 15, 2004

English to French translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: policeman

profession

isaac zipori

policier / agent de police

Explanation:
féminin : policière (rare)

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Emanuela Galdelli
Italy
Local time: 02:42

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Summary of answers provided

5 +9

policier / agent de police

Emanuela Galdelli

4 +5

flic

Serge L

5 +2

policier, agent de police ; gendarme

Nikki Scott-Despaigne

1 +5

Policier, agent de la paix, agent des forces de l'ordre

rene_teews

5 +1

agent de police

Yuri Smirnov

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Policier, agent de la paix, agent des forces de l'ordre

Explanation:
No dictionary

rene_teews
Local time: 17:42
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 42

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

policier / agent de police

Explanation:
féminin : policière (rare)

Emanuela Galdelli
Italy
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 96

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

agent de police

Explanation:
-

Yuri Smirnov
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of:

Belarusian,

Russian

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

flic

Explanation:
;o)

Serge L.

Serge L
Local time: 02:42
PRO pts in pair: 241

32 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

policier, agent de police ; gendarme

Explanation:
Questions of this type are best dealt with by consulting paper or online dictionaries. The following is one example of such a source, a good place to start.

Note that "policeman" gave no results, but that "police" gave me what I wanted, although I'm not mad about their suggestion "agent de LA police". Also, "gendarme" may be appropriate...
Each country organises it law enforcement structures in a specific way and France is no exception.

Without more context, keep to something simple and go for "policier" - and bookmark the source for future reference!

http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Terms Translations
1. police [n.f.] police [n.]
2. police (Typographie) [n.f.] font (US) (Typography) [n.], fount (UK) (Typography) [n.], typeface [n.]
3. commissariat de police [n.m.] police station [n.]
4. agent de la police [n.m.] officer [n.], policeman (§ pl.: policemen) [n.]
5. voiture de police [n.f.] police car [n.], squad car [n.]
6. policer† [v.] to govern [v.], to police [v.]

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Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 882

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