"detective" meaning in Anglais

See detective in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \dɪ.ˈtɛk.tɪv\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-detective.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-detective.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-detective.wav Forms: detectives [plural]
  1. Détective.
    Sense id: fr-detective-en-noun-t43OGDXA
  2. Enquêteur membre de la police judiciaire. Équivalent en France d'un lieutenant, capitaine ou commandant de police (anciennement inspecteur de police).
    Sense id: fr-detective-en-noun-qD43HlZe Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la police Topics: police
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: PI Synonyms (Détective): private detective, private investigator

Inflected forms

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  "abbreviation": [
    {
      "word": "DT"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Dérivations en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lexique en anglais de la police",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais suffixés avec -ive",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Métiers du droit en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dérivé de detect, avec le suffixe -ive."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "detectives",
      "ipas": [
        "\\dɪ.ˈtɛk.tɪvz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Détective."
      ],
      "id": "fr-detective-en-noun-t43OGDXA"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais de la police",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "Enquêteur membre de la police judiciaire. Équivalent en France d'un lieutenant, capitaine ou commandant de police (anciennement inspecteur de police)."
      ],
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        "police"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    {
      "sense": "Détective",
      "word": "private detective"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Détective",
      "word": "private investigator"
    },
    {
      "word": "PI"
    }
  ],
  "word": "detective"
}
{
  "abbreviation": [
    {
      "word": "DT"
    }
  ],
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    "Dérivations en anglais",
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Lexique en anglais de la police",
    "Mots en anglais suffixés avec -ive",
    "Métiers du droit en anglais",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Dérivé de detect, avec le suffixe -ive."
  ],
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      "ipas": [
        "\\dɪ.ˈtɛk.tɪvz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "Détective."
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Lexique en anglais de la police"
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "sense": "Détective",
      "word": "private detective"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Détective",
      "word": "private investigator"
    },
    {
      "word": "PI"
    }
  ],
  "word": "detective"
}

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