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argot
     1. n-m. slang
     2. n-m. cant (secret language)
polytechnicien
     1. adj. related to École polytechnique
           Tous les membres de la grande famille polytechnicienne, depuis les élèves de l’école jusqu’aux chefs les plus élevés des administrations qui s’y recrutent. (Journal officiel, 29 décembre 1874
     2. n-m. graduate of an École polytechnique
           Je le sais homme de valeur. Il sort de l'École polytechnique. Je me suis bien laissé dire que le coup de marteau, dont on avance que de nombreux polytechniciens sont affligés, a laissé des trac
désuet
     1. adj. obsolete, out of use, no longer in use
     2. adj. out of fashion, out of style, old-fashioned, passé
sergent
     1. n-m. (military) sergeant
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
           Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
           Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
           Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
           le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
           Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
           Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
           Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
           C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
           Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
           5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
           Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub
           Un chien de garde - A guarddog
           Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
           Un stade de football - A football stadium
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
           De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
           Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
           un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
           J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me.
           Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
           Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
           Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
           Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
           Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
           Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother.
           Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
           Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
police
     1. n-f. police
           Fuyez, la police arrive ! - Run, the police are coming!
     2. n-f. (Quebec, colloquial) cop (police officer)
     3. n-f. (insurance) policy
           police d'assurance - insurance policy
     4. n-f. (typography) fount, font
           police de caractères - font family
           police d'écriture - typeface
     5. v. first-person singular present of policer
     6. v. third-person singular present of policer
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of policer
     policer
          1. v. to police
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