The patrol cars cover the whole of the area.
Source: tatoeba (35124)
Patrol
//pəˈtɹəʊl//
Synonyms for "patrol" (71 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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More general
5 entriesderived
35 entriesShowing 16 of 35 words.
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3 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
128 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- περίπολος noun (going of the rounds)
- περίπολος noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- περιοδεύω verb (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels)
- περιοδεύω verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Arabic
3 entries- دَوْرِيَّة noun (going of the rounds)
- دَوْرِيَّة noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
- دَوْرِيَّة noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дозор noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
- патрул noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- патрулиране noun (going of the rounds)
- патрулирам verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Catalan
3 entries- patrulla noun (going of the rounds)
- patrullar verb (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels)
- patrullar verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 巡邏 /巡逻 noun (going of the rounds)
- 巡邏 /巡逻 noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
- 巡邏隊 /巡逻队 noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- 巡邏隊 /巡逻队 noun (perambulation of a particular line or district)
Danish
1 entries- patrulje noun (going of the rounds)
Dutch
3 entries- patrouille noun (going of the rounds)
- patrouille noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- patrouilleren verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Esperanto
2 entries- patrolo noun (going of the rounds)
- patrolo noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
Finnish
4 entries- partio noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- partio noun (perambulation of a particular line or district)
- partiointi noun (going of the rounds)
- partiointi noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
French
4 entries- patrouille noun (going of the rounds)
- patrouille noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- patrouille noun (perambulation of a particular line or district)
- patrouiller verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Galician
4 entries- patrulla noun (going of the rounds)
- patrulla noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- rolda noun (going of the rounds)
- patrullar verb (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels)
German
1 entries- Patrouille noun (going of the rounds)
Greek
3 entries- περίπολος noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- περιπολώ verb (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels)
- περιπολώ verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Hungarian
4 entries- járőr noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- járőrszolgálat noun (going of the rounds)
- őrjárat noun (going of the rounds)
- járőrözik verb (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels)
Italian
4 entries- drappello noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- drappello noun (perambulation of a particular line or district)
- pattuglia noun (going of the rounds)
- pattuglia noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
Japanese
4 entries- パトロール noun (going of the rounds)
- 警邏 noun (going of the rounds)
- 警邏 noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
- 警邏隊 noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
Latin
4 entries- circuitus noun (going of the rounds)
- circuitus noun (perambulation of a particular line or district)
- fraxō verb (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels)
- fraxō verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Māori
4 entries- haerenga tiakanga noun (going of the rounds)
- tiakanga noun (going of the rounds)
- tautiaki verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
- āmikumiku verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- نوبت noun (going of the rounds)
- نوبت noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
- نوبت noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
Persian
3 entries- یزک noun (going of the rounds)
- یزک noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
- یزک noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
Polish
3 entries- patrol noun (going of the rounds)
- patrol noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
- patrol noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
Portuguese
4 entries- patrulha noun (going of the rounds)
- patrulha noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
- patrulha noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- patrulha noun (perambulation of a particular line or district)
Romanian
1 entries- patrulare noun (going of the rounds)
Russian
4 entries- дозо́р noun (movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts)
- дозо́р noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- дозо́р noun (perambulation of a particular line or district)
- обхо́д noun (going of the rounds)
Spanish
4 entries- patrulla noun (going of the rounds)
- ronda noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- hacer la ronda verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
- patrullar verb (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels)
Swedish
1 entries- patrull noun (going of the rounds)
Tagalog
2 entries- magpatrulya verb (go the rounds along a chain of sentinels)
- magpatrulya verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Vietnamese
4 entries- việc tuần tra noun (going of the rounds)
- đội tuần tra noun (guards who go the rounds for observation)
- đi tuần verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
- đi tuần tra verb (go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
The patrol car pursued a speeding sports car, but it all ended in a wild-goose chase.
Source: tatoeba (35125)
He ran away at the sight of a police patrol.
Source: tatoeba (35135)
Ten policemen were assigned to patrol that area.
Source: tatoeba (73417)
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