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1 urbain
urbain, e [yʀbɛ̃, εn]adjective( = de la ville) urban* * *urbaine yʀbɛ̃, ɛn adjectif1) ( de la ville) urban* * *yʀbɛ̃, ɛn urbain, -e1. adj1) (= citadin) urban, city modif town modif2) (= poli) urbane2. nm(= habitant d'une ville) city-dweller* * *A adj -
2 policé
police [pɔlis]1. feminine noun• vous êtes de la police ? are you from the police?b. ( = maintien de l'ordre) policingd. (Typography, computing) police (de caractères) font2. compounds► police judiciaire ≈ Criminal Investigation Department► police des mœurs, police mondaine ≈ vice squad► police municipale ≈ local police► police parallèle ≈ secret police► police secours ≈ emergency services• appeler police secours ≈ to call the emergency services* * *pɔlis1) ( force) police (+ v pl)2) ( organisme privé) security service3) ( maintien de l'ordre) policing4) ( d'assurance) policy5) ( en typographie)6) ( tribunal)•Phrasal Verbs:* * *pɔlis nf1) (= forces de l'ordre) policeLa police recherche le voleur. — The police are looking for the thief.
2) (= discipline)assurer la police de; assurer la police dans — to keep order in
* * *police nf1 ( force) police (+ v pl); il est dans la police he is in the police; voiture de police police car; coopération des polices cooperation between police forces; toutes les polices du pays every police force in the country;2 ( organisme privé) security service;3 ( maintien de l'ordre) policing; pouvoirs de police powers to enforce law and order; faire la police to keep order; faire la police dans un quartier/une zone to police a district/an area; faire sa propre police to do one's own policing;4 Assur police (d'assurance) ( contrat) (insurance) policy; ( document) policy (document); contracter une police d'assurance-vie to take out life insurance ou a life insurance policy;6 ( tribunal) passer en simple police to be tried in a police court.police de l'air et des frontières, PAF border police; police judiciaire, PJ detective division of the French police force; police militaire military police; police des mœurs or mondaine vice squad; police montée mounted police; police municipale city police; police nationale national police force; police parallèle unofficial government police; police des polices police internal investigative body; police politique political police; police privée private police force; police de la route traffic police; police secours ≈ emergency services (pl); appeler police secours to call the emergency services; police secrète secret police.ⓘ Police nationale The nationally organized police service, responsible to the ministre de l'Intérieur, and a separate organization from the Gendarmerie nationale.
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Urbane — mentioned in the Bible: *Romans 16:9 **Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.*Also means polite, elegant, and sophisticated in manner [Latin urbanus of the town] … Wikipedia
Urbane — Ur*bane , a. [See {Urban}.] Courteous in manners; polite; refined; elegant. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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urbane — [adj] civilized affable, balanced, bland, civil, cosmopolitan, courteous, cultivated, cultured, debonair, elegant, genteel, gracious, mannerly, metropolitan, obliging, poised, polished, polite, refined, smooth, sophisticated, suave, well bred,… … New thesaurus
urbane — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (especially of a man) suave, courteous, and refined. DERIVATIVES urbanely adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «urban»: from Latin urbanus … English terms dictionary
urbane — [ʉr bān′] adj. [L urbanus: see URBAN] polite and courteous in a smooth, polished way; refined SYN. SUAVE urbanely adv. urbaneness n … English World dictionary
urbane — adjective the urbane English professor Syn: suave, sophisticated, debonair, worldly, cultivated, cultured, civilized, cosmopolitan; smooth, polished, refined, self possessed; courteous, polite, well mannered, mannerly, civil, charming … Thesaurus of popular words
urbane — [[t]ɜː(r)be͟ɪn[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is urbane is polite and appears comfortable in social situations. She describes him as urbane and charming... In conversation, he was suave and urbane. Syn: cultured Ant: gauche Derived words: urbanity… … English dictionary
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