Polin in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Polin in the French»English Dictionary

Pékin [pekɛ̃]

Pékin

Beijing, Peking

pékin N m inf

pékin → péquin

See also péquin

péquin [pekɛ̃] N m inf

1. péquin MIL:

péquin

civvy inf

s'habiller en péquin

to wear civvies inf

2. péquin (individu):

péquin

fellow inf

kaolin [kaɔlɛ̃] N m

kaolin

kaolin

colin-maillard [kɔlɛ̃majaʀ] N m

colin-maillard

blind man's buff

jouer à colin-maillard

to play blind man's buff

colin [kɔlɛ̃] N m

colin (merlu)

hake

colin (lieu noir)

coley

police [pɔlis] N f

1. police (force):

police

police + vb pl

il est dans la police

he is in the police

voiture de police

police car

coopération des polices

cooperation between police forces

toutes les polices du pays

every police force in the country

2. police (organisme privé):

police

security service

3. police (maintien de l'ordre):

police

policing

pouvoirs de police

powers to enforce law and order

faire la police

to keep order

faire la police dans un quartier/une zone

to police a district/an area

faire sa propre police

to do one's own policing

4. police:

police, a. police d'assurance (assurance) (contrat)

(insurance) policy

police, a. police d'assurance (document)

policy (document)

contracter une police d'assurance-vie

to take out life insurance ou a life insurance policy

5. police:

police, a. police de caractères TYPO, COMPUT

fonts pl

6. police (tribunal):

passer en simple police

to be tried in a police court

Phrases:

police de l'air et des frontières, PAF

border police

police judiciaire, PJ

detective division of the French police force

police militaire

military police

police des mœurs, police mondaine

vice squad

police montée

mounted police

police municipale

city police

police nationale

national police force

police parallèle

unofficial government police

police des polices

police internal investigative body

police politique

political police

police privée

private police force

police de la route

traffic police

police secours

≈ emergency services pl

appeler police secours

to call the emergency services

police secrète

secret police

See also Police nationale

Police nationale Info

Police nationale

The nationally organized police service, responsible to the ministre de l'Intérieur, and a separate organization from the Gendarmerie nationale.

Police nationale Info

Police nationale

The nationally organized police service, responsible to the ministre de l'Intérieur, and a separate organization from the Gendarmerie nationale.

policer [pɔlise] VB trans liter

policer

to civilize

polir [pɔliʀ] VB trans

polir bois, pierre, métal

to polish

polir style

to polish (up)

se polir les ongles

to buff one's nails

I.polio [pɔljo] N mf abbrev

polio → poliomyélitique

polio

person disabled by polio

II.polio [pɔljo] N f abbrev

polio → poliomyélite

polio

polio

vaccin contre la polio

polio vaccine

See also poliomyélitique, poliomyélite

I.poliomyélitique [pɔljomjelitik] ADJ

poliomyélitique

disabled by polio never attr

poliomyélitique virus

polio attr

il est poliomyélitique

he has polio

II.poliomyélitique [pɔljomjelitik] N mf

poliomyélitique

polio sufferer

poliomyélite [pɔljomjelit] N f

poliomyélite

poliomyelitis

Polin in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Polin in the French»English Dictionary

colin [kɔlɛ̃] N m

colin

coley

colin

coalfish

colin-maillard [kɔlɛ̃majaʀ] N m sans pl

jouer à colin-maillard

blind man's buff

kaolin [kaɔlɛ̃] N m

kaolin

kaolin

poli(e) [pɔli] ADJ

poli(e)

polite

I.impoli(e) [ɛ̃pɔli] ADJ

impoli envers qn

impolite to sb

II.impoli(e) [ɛ̃pɔli] N m(f)

impoli(e)

impolite person

dépoli(e) [depɔli] ADJ

dépoli verre:

dépoli(e)

frosted

polir [pɔliʀ] VB trans

polir

to polish

police¹ [pɔlis] N f

police sans pl:

police

police

police judiciaire

≈ Criminal Investigation Department

police municipale/nationale

local/national police force

police privée

private police force

police secrète

secret police

police de l'air et des frontières

border police [or patrol]

police de la route

traffic police

police des mœurs

vice squad

police secours

≈ emergency services

Phrases:

faire la police

to keep order

police² [pɔlis] N f

1. police (contrat):

police d'assurance

insurance policy

2. police COMPUT:

police de caractères

font

polio [pɔljo] inf, poliomyélite [pɔljɔmjelit] N f

polio

polio

polio

poliomyelitis

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Translations for Polin in the French»English Dictionary

police f

police de proximité

neighbourhood police