"dossier" meaning in French

See dossier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /do.sje/ Audio: Fr-dossier.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-dossier.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-dossier.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-dossier.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-dossier.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: dossière [feminine], dossiers [masculine, plural], dossières [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French dossier. By surface analysis, dos (“back(side)”) + -ier. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|frm:dossier}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "dossier", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="dossier">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|dossier|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French dossier, {{inh+|fr|frm|dossier}} Inherited from Middle French dossier, {{surf|fr|dos|-ier|t1=back(side)}} By surface analysis, dos (“back(side)”) + -ier Head templates: {{fr-adj}} dossier (feminine dossière, masculine plural dossiers, feminine plural dossières)
  1. (colloquial) embarrassing Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-dossier-fr-adj-SFtX4hOH Categories (other): Pages with entries, French terms suffixed with -ier, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 12 3 3 39 35 0 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ier: 35 10 7 24 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 33 3 3 37 24 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 33 3 3 37 24 0

Noun

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Etymology: Inherited from Middle French dossier. By surface analysis, dos (“back(side)”) + -ier. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|frm:dossier}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "dossier", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="dossier">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|dossier|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French dossier, {{inh+|fr|frm|dossier}} Inherited from Middle French dossier, {{surf|fr|dos|-ier|t1=back(side)}} By surface analysis, dos (“back(side)”) + -ier Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} dossier m (plural dossiers)
  1. back of furniture, to rest the sitter's back on Tags: masculine
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  2. dossier Tags: masculine
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  3. (computing) folder Tags: masculine
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  4. an organizer to keep papers in, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet, see folder Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dossier-fr-noun--heOZSBR Categories (other): Pages with entries, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 4 12 3 3 39 35 0 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 33 3 3 37 24 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 33 3 3 37 24 0
  5. (figuratively) case, notably legal Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-dossier-fr-noun-X1BJH58D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dosseret [masculine], doss [masculine]

Inflected forms

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