🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

detective noun

  /dɪˈtɛktɪv/
  • (law enforcement) A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
 détective
  • A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
 détective, enquêteur, enquêteuse

detect verb

  /dɪˈtɛkt/
  • To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
 détecter, déceler

detection noun

  /dɪˈtek.ʃən/ , /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/
  • The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.
 détection

detectable adjective

  /dɪˈtɛktəbəɫ/
  • That which can be detected, noticeable.
 détectable

detected adjective

  /dɪˈtɛktɪd/
  • Having been noticed.
 détecté

detected verb

  /dɪˈtɛktɪd/
  • Simple past tense and past participle of detect
 détecté
private detective
détective privé, privé
detective novel
roman policier
detective story
roman policier

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

détective noun

  /de.tɛk.tiv/
detective
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