flic

See also: Flic

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /flɪk/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

  Rhymes: -ɪk

  Homophone: flick

Etymology 1

From flick in the cinematographic sense.

Noun

flic (plural flics)

1. (computing) A data file containing computer animations.

Etymology 2

From French flic (“cop, policeman”).

Noun

flic (plural flics)

1. (informal, slang) A French policeman.

See also

• flicflac, flic-flac (etymologically unrelated)

French

Etymology

From earlier flique, probably a borrowing of German Flick, German criminal slang for "young man".

Alternatively, from earlier fligue, short for earlier fligman, a borrowing of German Fliege (“policeman”, literally “fly”). More at English fly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flik/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

Noun

flic m (plural flics, feminine fliquesse)

1. (slang, derogatory) copper, pig, rozzer; (police officer)

   Synonyms: gendarme, policier, poulet, (verlan) keuf

Derived terms

• fliquer
• fliqueur
• flicaille

Further reading

• “flic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.