Polyglot Dictionary

détective

/detɛktiv/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les détectives

Meaning

  1. detective

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Detektiv

Detektiv is the German word for the same thing — both mean "detective."

Spanish

detective

detective is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "detective."

Portuguese

detetive

detetive is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "detective."

Practice

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