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[Police] policier en civil; arg. perdreauEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > plain-clothes policeman
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1.2.to wear plain clothes —
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plain [pleɪn]1. adjectivea. ( = obvious) clair• it must be plain to everyone that... il doit être clair pour tout le monde que...• it is plain from his comments that... ses remarques montrent clairement que...• he made it quite plain that he would never agree il a bien fait comprendre qu'il n'accepterait jamaisb. ( = unambiguous) clair• in plain English, I think you made a mistake je vous le dis carrément, je pense que vous vous êtes trompé• do I make myself plain? est-ce que je me fais bien comprendre ?c. ( = sheer) pur (et simple)d. ( = simple) simple ; ( = in one colour) uni• one plain, one purl (Knitting) une maille à l'endroit, une maille à l'enverse. ( = not pretty) quelconque2. adverbb. ( = simply) (inf) tout bonnement3. nounplaine f4. compounds* * *[pleɪn] 1.noun plaine f2.1) ( simple) [dress, food, language] simple; [building, furniture] sobre2) [background, fabric] uni; [envelope] sans inscription; [paper] ( unlined) non réglé; ( unheaded) libreunder plain cover — Postal services sous pli discret
3) euph ( unattractive) [woman] quelconque4) ( obvious) évident, clair5) ( direct) [answer, language] franc/franchein plain English, this means that... — en clair, ceci veut dire que...
6) (tjrs épith) ( downright) [common sense] simple (before n); [ignorance, laziness] pur et simple (after n)7) [yoghurt, crisps, rice] nature inv8) ( in knitting) [stitch, row] à l'endroit3.adverb [stupid, wrong] tout bonnement••to be plain sailing — [project, task etc] marcher comme sur des roulettes
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