The forensic technician found gunshot residue on the victim's hand.
Source: tatoeba (1923431)
Forensic
//fəˈɹɛn.zɪk//
Synonyms for "forensic" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (19)
Related word relations
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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10 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 22 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- դատական adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
Bulgarian
1 entries- съдебен adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
Catalan
1 entries- forense adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 法庭的 adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- 法醫的 /法医的 adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- 辯論的 /辩论的 adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
Czech
1 entries- forenzní adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
Dutch
4 entries- forensisch adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- gerechtelijk adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- gerechtelijk adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- gerechts adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
Finnish
4 entries- oikeudellinen adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- oikeudellinen adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
- oikeuslääketieteellinen adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- rikostekninen adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
French
4 entries- de barreau adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
- forensique adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- juridique adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- légal adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
German
4 entries- Gerichts adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- forensisch adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- gerichtlich adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- rhetorisch adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
Greek
4 entries- δικανικός adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- δικανικός adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- εγκληματολογικός adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- εγκληματολογικός adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
Hungarian
2 entries- igazságügyi adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- törvényszéki adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
Icelandic
1 entries- réttar adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
Italian
3 entries- giudiziario adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- legale adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
- medico-legale adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
Japanese
4 entries- 弁論の adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
- 法医学の adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- 法廷の adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- 討論の adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
Marathi
2 entries- न्यायवैद्यकीय adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- न्यायवैद्यकीय adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
Polish
4 entries- kryminalistyczny adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- oratorski adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
- sądowy adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- sądowy adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
Portuguese
3 entries- forense adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- forense adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- retórico adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
Russian
4 entries- ритори́ческий adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
- суде́бно-медици́нский adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- суде́бный adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- суде́бный adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
Spanish
3 entries- forense adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
- legal adj (relating to, or appropriate for courts of law)
- retórico adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
Swedish
1 entries- forensisk adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
Turkish
1 entries- adli adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
Vietnamese
2 entries- biện luận adj (relating to, or used in debate or argument)
- pháp y adj (relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Forensic linguists, recognizing that no two people use language in exactly the same way, will examine the idiolect of an extortion letter to determine authorship.
Source: tatoeba (2745845)
The Forensic Investigation Unit is trying to determine the cause of today's fire.
Source: tatoeba (3605466)
Inspector Dan Anderson collected forensic evidence from the scene.
Source: tatoeba (3933022)
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