garde-côte
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
garde-côte m or f by sense (plural garde-côtes)
- coast guard (enforcer of maritime law)
- 2015 October 31, “Migrants : Allemagne restreint les accès à sa frontière avec Autriche”, in Le Monde:
- Par ailleurs, quatre enfants syriens âgés d’un à quatre ans ont été repêchés morts dans les eaux turques par les garde-côtes, qui ont sauvé 19 passagers eux aussi en route pour Lesbos, selon l’agence de presse Dogan.
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Further reading
- “garde-côte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French garde-côte.
Noun
garde-côte m or f (plural garde-côtes)