policeman
French, noun/pɔ.lis.man/
policeman is spelled P-O-L-I-C-E-M-A-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Policeman is a French masculine noun meaning “policeman (in Anglophone countries)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Agent de police dans les pays anglophones”.
What does policeman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepoliceman (in Anglophone countries)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Agent de police dans les pays anglophones.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of policeman
- policemans plural
- policemen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce policeman?
- /pɔ.lis.man/
- \pɔ.lis.man\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is policeman in French?
policeman appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).