frontier police in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for frontier police in the English»French Dictionary

frontier [Brit ˈfrʌntɪə, frʌnˈtɪə, Am ˌfrənˈtɪr] N lit, fig

frontier

frontière f

the frontiers of science

les frontières de la science

the frontier between France and Spain

la frontière franco-espagnole

the wild frontier

la frontière sauvage

the wild frontier attr town, zone

frontière inv

the wild frontier after n

frontalier/-ière

the wild frontier controls

de frontière, frontalier/-ière

I.police [Brit pəˈliːs, Am pəˈlis] N

1. police + vb pl (official body):

the police (gen)

la police

the police (in France outside cities)

la gendarmerie

to be in the police

être dans la police

to assist the police with their enquiries euph

être interrogé par la police

to assist the police with their enquiries attr action, involvement, intervention, protection

de la police

to assist the police with their enquiries raid, car, operation, vehicle

de police

to assist the police with their enquiries presence, escort

policier/-ière

2. police U:

police (men and women)

policiers mpl

police (in France, outside cities)

gendarmes mpl

II.police [Brit pəˈliːs, Am pəˈlis] VB trans

1. police (keep order):

police area

maintenir l'ordre dans

2. police (patrol):

police area, frontier:

surveiller

3. police (staff with police):

to police a demonstration/a match

organiser le service d'ordre pour une manifestation/un match

4. police (monitor):

police measures, regulations

contrôler l'application de

frontier police in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for frontier police in the English»French Dictionary

frontier police N

frontier police

gardes-frontière mpl

Translations for frontier police in the English»French Dictionary

frontier [frʌnˈtɪəʳ, Am frʌnˈtɪr] N

1. frontier (limit):

frontier

frontière f

2. frontier Am (outlying areas):

the frontier

les confins des terres colonisées

I.police [pəˈli:s] N pl

the police in town

la police

the police outside towns

la gendarmerie

police department Am, police service Brit

service m de police

police inspector/commissioner

inspecteur/préfet de police m

police intervention

intervention f de police

II.police [pəˈli:s] VB trans

1. police (officially control and guard):

police

maintenir l'ordre dans

2. police (control and regulate):

police

contrôler

to police oneself

se faire la police

3. police MIL:

police

contrôler

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

By modernizing the forces equipment and methods, he transformed the frontier police to a modern national police force.

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