gendarmerie

gendarmerie [ʒɑ̃daʀməʀi]

feminine noun

police ; ( = bureaux) police station

• gendarmerie mobile antiriot police

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ʒɑ̃daʀm(ə)ʀi

nom féminin

1) (bureaux) police station

2) (logement) police quarters (pl)

3) (corps)

gendarmerie (nationale) — gendarmerie, French police force

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Phrasal Verbs:

- gendarmerie mobile

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ʒɑ̃daʀməʀi nf

police station, outside main cities

Vous devriez porter plainte à la gendarmerie. — You should go to the police station and report it.

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gendarmerie nf

1 (bureaux) police station;

2 (logement) police quarters (pl);

3 (corps) gendarmerie (nationale) gendarmerie, French police force.

Composé

gendarmerie mobile Mil mobile police unit.

ⓘ Gendarmerie nationale A section of the military, which provides police service outside major towns.

[ʒɑ̃darməri] nom féminin

1. [corporation] gendarmerie, police force

gendarmerie mobile riot police

2. [bureaux] gendarmerie, police station

[caserne] police ou gendarmerie barracks

GENDARMERIE

In France, while the police are especially present in larger towns, a military institution called the gendarmerie patrols the road network, small towns and the countryside. The gendarmes fulfill the same role as police officers, ensuring law and order and recording declarations of theft.