different between policer vs policier

English

Etymology

police +? -er

Noun

policer (plural policers)

1. One who, or that which, polices.
   • 1999, Kavita Datta, Gareth A Jones, Housing and finance in developing countries

     […] traditional cultural notions of womanhood, with women seen as moral guardians of the household and policers of recalcitrant men.

2. (computing) A software component that enforces a security policy.

   a traffic policer; a bandwidth policer

Anagrams

• peloric

French

Verb

policer

1. to police

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.

Further reading

• “policer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• picoler

English

Etymology

From the French

Noun

policier (plural policiers)

1. (film, often italicized) A police movie, particularly one based on a police novel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?.li.sje/

Adjective

policier (feminine singular policière, masculine plural policiers, feminine plural policières)

1. police (attributive)

Derived terms

• chien policier
• État policier

Noun

policier m (plural policiers, feminine policière)

1. policeman, police officer
2. police movie

Synonyms

• (Police officer): flic

Related terms

• police

Further reading

• “policier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Occitan

Alternative forms

• policièr

Noun

policier m (plural policiers, feminine policiera, feminine plural policieras) (Limousin)

1. police officer

Romanian

Noun

policier n (plural policiere)

1. Alternative spelling of polisier