"plainclothes" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} plainclothes (not comparable)
  1. (usually of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection. Tags: not-comparable, usually Derived forms: plainclothes man Translations (wearing civilian clothes): 便服 (biànfú) (Chinese Mandarin), siviilipukuinen (Finnish), en civil (French), civil ruhás (Hungarian), à paisana (Portuguese), в шта́тском (v štátskom) (Russian), в гражда́нском (v graždánskom) (Russian), de civil (Spanish), de paisano (Spanish), civilklädd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-plainclothes-en-adj-ZYWRkudE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (of adjective): plain-clothes Synonyms (of noun): plain clothes
Disambiguation of 'of adjective': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of noun': 0 0

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} plainclothes (uncountable)
  1. Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing, Law enforcement Synonyms: mufti [UK] Translations (ordinary civilian clothes): 便服 (biànfú) (Chinese Mandarin), siviiliasu (Finnish), vêtements de ville [masculine, plural] (French), civil ruha (Hungarian), civil (english: mostly in the term civilben) (Hungarian), шта́тская оде́жда (štátskaja odéžda) [feminine] (Russian), шта́тское (štátskoje) [neuter] (Russian), гражда́нская оде́жда (graždánskaja odéžda) [neuter] (Russian), гражда́нское (graždánskoje) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-plainclothes-en-noun-ACvbMpY~ Disambiguation of Clothing: 44 56 Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (of adjective): plain-clothes Synonyms (of noun): plain clothes
Disambiguation of 'of adjective': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'of noun': 0 0

Alternative forms

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