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/ɛ̃spɛktœʁ/
Translation
inspector, detective
Word origin
From Latin inspector, 'one who looks into, examiner', from inspicere ('to look into'), from in- ('into') plus specere ('to look'). The detective sense developed via the police rank.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- inspector
- English cognates
- inspector, inspect, spectacle, species
Grammar
Examples
L' .
The inspector questioned the witnesses for three hours.
L' .
The tax inspector arrives tomorrow to check the accounts.
, - l' ?
Inspector, do you have any news regarding the ongoing investigation?
L' tous l'.
The inspector questioned every witness to the accident.
.
A tax inspector will come to check the accounts on Monday.
est un nom masculin designant un fonctionnaire charge d'inspection ou un policier de grade moyen. La forme feminine est inspectrice. Inspecteur de police (police inspector) et inspecteur des impots (tax inspector) sont les emplois les plus frequents.
Inspecteur du travail (labour inspector) veille au respect du droit du travail. En fiction, l'inspecteur Clouseau (The Pink Panther) et l'inspecteur Maigret (Simenon) sont des figures emblematiques. Inspection (f) est le nom de l'action et inspecter le verbe associe.
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