policier
See also: policièr
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French policier.
Noun
policier (plural policiers)
- (film, often italicized) A film telling the fictional story of a police investigation, particularly such a film based on a novel.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ.li.sje/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
policier (feminine policière, masculine plural policiers, feminine plural policières)
- (relational) police
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: polisiye
Noun
policier m (plural policiers, feminine policière)
- policeman, police officer
- Synonym: flic
- police movie
Related terms
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.
- “policier” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “policier” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
- “policier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Paronyms
Occitan
Alternative forms
Noun
policier m (plural policiers, feminine policiera, feminine plural policieras) (Limousin)
Romanian
Noun
policier n (plural policiere)
- alternative spelling of polisier