detective

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
2. A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

Adj

Employed in detecting.

Concepts

détective

🕵️

enquêteur

policier

👮

policier en civil

cas criminel

agent de la police judiciaire

enquêteur privé

tec

détective privé

Synonymes

investigator

spy

sleuth

tec

inspector

hawkshaw

gumshoe

secret agent

police detective

fink

inquirer

intelligence agent

op

plain-clothes man

policeman

👮‍♂️

police spy

privacy

private detective

private eye

probing

Richard

scout

secrecy

secret

㊙️

shamus

snoop

snooper

split

spook

trap

🪤

wiretapper

plainclothesman

plain-clothesman

secret policeman

cops-and-robbers

agent

private dick

beagle

bloodhound

dee

demon

dick

eavesdropper

examiner

eye

👁️

Traductions

Detektiv

detective

🕵️

detetive

🕵️

investigatore

🕵️

detective

detectiu

🕵️

rechercheur

speurder

🕵️

detective

detective

🕵️

μυστικός πράκτορας

Privatdetektiv

ντετέκτιβ

Kriminalbeamter

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈtɛktɪv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

The adjective is from Classical Latin dētēct-, past participial stem of dētegō (“to detect”), + -ive. The noun is an ellipsis of detective policeman, detective officer, or a similar construction.

Phrases

He also wrote a play and several detective novels .

I'm reading a fascinating detective story .

Je lis une histoire de détective fascinante.

The detective untangles a web of robberies , lies and murder .

Kitano plays detective Azuma, a " Dirty Harry " -type who uses violent methods when confronting criminals .

Kitano incarne le détective Azuma, un type "Dirty Harry" qui utilise des méthodes violentes lors de la confrontation des criminels.