policier
French, noun/pɔ.li.sje/
policier is spelled P-O-L-I-C-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written French, the 2,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Policier is a French masculine noun meaning “policeman, police officer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fonctionnaire employé dans la police”.
What does policier mean in English?
adjective
- 1
police
présence policière
noun
- 1
masculinepoliceman, police officer
- 2
masculinepolice movie
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fonctionnaire employé dans la police. 2. Roman policier.
adjective: 1. Qui est relatif à la police. 2. Qualifie une histoire fictive dans laquelle on représente des policiers ou des détectives privés en action.
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 policier
- policière feminine
- policiers masculine plural
- policières feminine plural
- femme policier feminine
- femme policière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce policier?
- /pɔ.li.sje/
- \pɔ.li.sje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is policier in French?
policier appears 35 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).