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patrouille.

patrol

10 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pa.tʁuj/
  1. patrol

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old French patrouille, patouille (“a night-watch”, literally “a tramping about”), from patrouiller, patouiller, patoiller (“to paddle or pudder in water, dabble with the feet, begrime, besmear”), from patte, pate (“paw, foot of an animal”).

verb/pa.tʁuj/
  1. inflection of patrouiller: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of patrouiller: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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