policier

See also: policièr

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French policier.

Noun

policier (plural policiers)

1. (film, often italicized) A film telling the fictional story of a police investigation, particularly such a film based on a novel.

French

Etymology

From police +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.sje/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Adjective

policier (feminine policière, masculine plural policiers, feminine plural policières)

1. (relational) police

   présence policière ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   chien policier ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   État policier ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   roman policier ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Noun

policier m (plural policiers, feminine policière)

1. policeman, police officer

   Synonyms: agent de police, flic; see also Thesaurus:policier

2. police movie

Descendants

• → Turkish: polisiye

Further reading

• “policier” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “policier” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th Edition (1992-).
• “policier”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “policier”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette
• “policier” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “policier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Paronyms

• Pélissier
• Pellicier
• Pellissier
• policé
• policer

Occitan

Alternative forms

• policièr

Noun

policier m (plural policiers, feminine policiera, feminine plural policieras) (Limousin)

1. police officer

Romanian

Noun

policier n (plural policiere)

1. alternative spelling of polisier