policer

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English

Etymology

police +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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

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French

Etymology

police (“police”) +‎ -er (infinitive suffix)

Pronunciation

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'.

Conjugation of policer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple policer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple poliçant
/pɔ.li.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle policé
/pɔ.li.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present police
/pɔ.lis/ 		polices
/pɔ.lis/ 		police
/pɔ.lis/ 		poliçons
/pɔ.li.sɔ̃/ 		policez
/pɔ.li.se/ 		policent
/pɔ.lis/
imperfect poliçais
/pɔ.li.sɛ/ 		poliçais
/pɔ.li.sɛ/ 		poliçait
/pɔ.li.sɛ/ 		policions
/pɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ 		policiez
/pɔ.li.sje/ 		poliçaient
/pɔ.li.sɛ/
past historic2 poliçai
/pɔ.li.se/ 		poliças
/pɔ.li.sa/ 		poliça
/pɔ.li.sa/ 		poliçâmes
/pɔ.li.sam/ 		poliçâtes
/pɔ.li.sat/ 		policèrent
/pɔ.li.sɛʁ/
future policerai
/pɔ.li.sʁe/ 		policeras
/pɔ.li.sʁa/ 		policera
/pɔ.li.sʁa/ 		policerons
/pɔ.li.sʁɔ̃/ 		policerez
/pɔ.li.sʁe/ 		policeront
/pɔ.li.sʁɔ̃/
conditional policerais
/pɔ.li.sʁɛ/ 		policerais
/pɔ.li.sʁɛ/ 		policerait
/pɔ.li.sʁɛ/ 		policerions
/pɔ.li.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		policeriez
/pɔ.li.sə.ʁje/ 		policeraient
/pɔ.li.sʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present police
/pɔ.lis/ 		polices
/pɔ.lis/ 		police
/pɔ.lis/ 		policions
/pɔ.li.sjɔ̃/ 		policiez
/pɔ.li.sje/ 		policent
/pɔ.lis/
imperfect2 poliçasse
/pɔ.li.sas/ 		poliçasses
/pɔ.li.sas/ 		poliçât
/pɔ.li.sa/ 		poliçassions
/pɔ.li.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		poliçassiez
/pɔ.li.sa.sje/ 		poliçassent
/pɔ.li.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — police
/pɔ.lis/ 		— poliçons
/pɔ.li.sɔ̃/ 		policez
/pɔ.li.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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