The term I'm thinking of is something like "gens arms" but I know I quite ignorant on the subject and apologise to any French people and ask that they forgive a poor monolingual Australian
2007-03-22 22:54:45 · 11 answers · asked by Life Freak 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I agree with Graham.
You can either say "gendarme" or "agent de police".
It's basically the same, the main difference between the two is that a "gendarme" is affiliated to the French army, and the police belongs to the Home Office. But in practice, their duties are roughly the same.
2007-03-23 01:27:00 · answer #1 · answered by Lilite 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Exact Translation= J'ai été encadrée
2016-03-29 00:46:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You appear to be thinking of the "gendarmes" - pronounced "zhawn-darm" (zh=the same sound as "s" in measure and leisure)
The standard word for police officer is "agent de police"
A popular colloquial word is "flic" (=cop)
2007-03-22 23:12:41 · answer #3 · answered by GrahamH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Les Gendarmes (pronounced like "lay john-darm"
2007-03-22 23:46:31 · answer #4 · answered by arienne321 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Les gendarmes.
These are actually the federal police in France, connected with the military.
2007-03-22 22:58:32 · answer #5 · answered by 2 shy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean "policiers"?? It's the equivalent of "policemen"...
Or "gendarmes" who are like the policemen but who belong to the French army !
2007-03-23 03:28:25 · answer #6 · answered by Petite Fée... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean "gendarmes" but actually police officers are simply called policiers/agents de police.
"Gendarmes" refers to another national guard body!
2007-03-25 02:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by fabee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gendarmes (u don't pronounce the s at the end)
we say: un gendarme (masculin)
2007-03-22 23:01:46 · answer #8 · answered by Changed by Lithium 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in Quebec, we call them "Policiers"
Gens d'armes is in France
2007-03-23 03:24:27 · answer #9 · answered by AMS 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
dirigeants de police
2007-03-22 23:04:41 · answer #10 · answered by ginagerrard 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋