gendarme

Signification (Anglais)

  1. A member of the gendarmerie, a military body charged with police duties.
  2. A policeman.
  3. A rock pinnacle on a mountain ridge.

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ʒɒn.ˈdɑːm/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from French gendarme, from plural gendarmes, a re-spelling of gens d'armes (“people of arms", "armed people”).

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