patrol

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• rhymes with -əʊl
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈtɹəʊl/
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• General-American: /pəˈtɹoʊl/
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• CMU ARPABET: P AH0 T R OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French patrouille, 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”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *paþjaną, *paþōną (“to walk, tread, go, step, pace”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”); see find. Cognate with Dutch pad, patte (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”), German patschen (“to splash, smack, dabble, waddle”), German Patsche (“a swatter, beater, paw, puddle, mire”). Related to pad, path.

From French patrouiller, from Old French patrouiller (“to paddle, paw about, patrol”), from patte (“a paw”).

191 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَوْرِيَّة (dawriyya) — going of the rounds
• Arabic: خَفْر (ḵafr) — going of the rounds
• Armenian: պարեկություն (parekutʻyun) — going of the rounds
• Bulgarian: патрули́ране (patrulírane) — going of the rounds
• Catalan: patrulla — going of the rounds
• Chinese Mandarin: 巡邏 /巡逻 (xúnluó) — going of the rounds
• Chinese Mandarin: 巡查 (xúnchá) — going of the rounds
• Czech: hlídka — going of the rounds
• Danish: patrulje — going of the rounds
• Dutch: patrouille — going of the rounds
• Esperanto: patrolo — going of the rounds
• Finnish: partiointi — going of the rounds
• French: patrouille — going of the rounds
• Galician: patrulla — going of the rounds
• Galician: rolda — going of the rounds
• German: Patrouille — going of the rounds
• Greek: περίπολος (perípolos) — going of the rounds
• Ancient Greek: περίπολος (perípolos) — going of the rounds
• Hindi: गश्त (gaśt) — going of the rounds
• Hungarian: őrjárat — going of the rounds
• Hungarian: járőrszolgálat — going of the rounds
• Italian: pattuglia — going of the rounds
• Italian: pattugliamento — going of the rounds
• Italian: perlustrazione — going of the rounds
• Italian: ricognizione — going of the rounds
• Japanese: 警邏 (keira) — going of the rounds
• Japanese: パトロール (patorōru) — going of the rounds
• Japanese: 巡察 (junsatsu) — going of the rounds
• Kazakh: патруль (patrul) — going of the rounds
• Khmer: ការក្រវែល (kaa krɑɑvael) — going of the rounds
• Korean: 순찰 (sunchal) — going of the rounds
• Kyrgyz: патруль (patrul) — going of the rounds
• Lao: ການລາດຕະເວນ (kān lāt ta wēn) — going of the rounds
• Latin: circuitus — going of the rounds
• Latvian: sardze — going of the rounds
• Lithuanian: sargyba — going of the rounds
• Māori: tiakanga — going of the rounds
• Māori: haerenga tiakanga — going of the rounds
• Iranian Persian: یَزَک (yazak) — going of the rounds
• Iranian Persian: گَشْت (gašt) — going of the rounds
• Iranian Persian: اِعْتِساس (e'tesâs) — going of the rounds
• Polish: patrol — going of the rounds
• Portuguese: patrulha — going of the rounds
• Portuguese: patrulhamento — going of the rounds
• Romanian: patrulare — going of the rounds
• Russian: патрули́рование (patrulírovanije) — going of the rounds
• Russian: патру́ль (patrúlʹ) — going of the rounds
• Russian: обхо́д (obxód) — going of the rounds
• Slovak: hliadka — going of the rounds
• Spanish: patrulla — going of the rounds
• Swedish: patrull — going of the rounds
• Tajik: патрул (patrul) — going of the rounds
• Thai: การตระเวน (gaan-dtrà-ween) — going of the rounds
• Thai: การลาดตระเวน (gaan-lâat-dtrà-ween) — going of the rounds
• Turkish: devriye — going of the rounds
• Ottoman Turkish: نوبت (nevbet, nöbet) — going of the rounds
• Urdu: گَشْت (gaśt) — going of the rounds
• Vietnamese: việc tuần tra — going of the rounds
• Welsh: patrôl — going of the rounds
• Albanian: patrullë — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Arabic: دَوْرِيَّة (dawriyya) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Arabic: خَفْر (ḵafr) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Armenian: պարեկ (parek) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Azerbaijani: patrul — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Bulgarian: дозо́р (dozór) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Bulgarian: патру́л (patrúl) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Chinese Mandarin: 巡邏 /巡逻 (xúnluó) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Czech: hlídka — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Esperanto: patrolo — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Estonian: patrull — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Finnish: partiointi — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• French: patrouille — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Georgian: პატრული (ṗaṭruli) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• German: Patrouille — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Hungarian: járőr — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Italian: pattugliamento — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Japanese: 警邏 (keira) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Kazakh: патруль (patrul) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Korean: 경라 (gyeongna) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Korean: 순찰 (sunchal) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Kyrgyz: патруль (patrul) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Latvian: patruļa — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Lithuanian: patrulis — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Macedonian: патро́ла (patróla) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Iranian Persian: یَزَک (yazak) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Iranian Persian: گَشْت (gašt) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Polish: patrol — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Portuguese: patrulha — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Romanian: patrulă — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Russian: патрули́рование (patrulírovanije) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Russian: патру́ль (patrúlʹ) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Russian: дозо́р (dozór) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Serbo-Croatian: патро́ла — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Serbo-Croatian: patróla — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Slovak: hliadka — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Slovene: patrulja — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Spanish: patrulla — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Tajik: патрул (patrul) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Turkish: devriye — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Ottoman Turkish: نوبت (nevbet, nöbet) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Ukrainian: патрулюва́ння (patruljuvánnja) — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Uzbek: patrul — movement by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts
• Arabic: دَوْرِيَّة (dawriyya) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Armenian: պարեկ (parek) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Belarusian: патру́ль (patrúlʹ) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Belarusian: дазо́р (dazór) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Bulgarian: патру́л (patrúl) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Chinese Mandarin: 巡邏隊 /巡逻队 (xúnluóduì) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Chinese Mandarin: 巡邏隊長 /巡逻队长 (xúnluóduìzhǎng) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Czech: hlídka — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Dutch: patrouille — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Finnish: partio — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Finnish: vartio — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Finnish: vartiomies — guards who go the rounds for observation
• French: patrouille — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Galician: patrulla — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Greek: περίπολος (perípolos) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Ancient Greek: περίπολος (perípolos) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Hungarian: járőr — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Italian: ronda — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Italian: pattuglia — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Italian: drappello — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Japanese: 警邏隊 (keiratai) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Korean: 순찰 (sunchal) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Korean: 순찰대 (sunchaldae) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Iranian Persian: یَزَک (yazak) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Polish: patrol — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Portuguese: patrulha — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Russian: патру́ль (patrúlʹ) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Russian: дозо́р (dozór) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Slovak: hliadka — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Spanish: ronda — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Turkish: devriye — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Ottoman Turkish: نوبت (nevbet, nöbet) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Ukrainian: патру́ль (patrúlʹ) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Ukrainian: дозо́р (dozór) — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Vietnamese: đội tuần tra — guards who go the rounds for observation
• Chinese Mandarin: 巡邏隊 /巡逻队 (xúnluóduì) — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Finnish: partio — perambulation of a particular line or district
• French: patrouille — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Italian: pattuglia — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Italian: drappello — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Japanese: 警邏隊 (keiratai) — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Latin: circuitus — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Portuguese: patrulha — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Russian: патрули́рование (patrulírovanije) — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Russian: патру́ль (patrúlʹ) — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Russian: дозо́р (dozór) — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Russian: обхо́д (obxód) — perambulation of a particular line or district
• Catalan: patrullar — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Chinese Mandarin: 巡邏 /巡逻 (xúnluó) — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Finnish: partioida — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Galician: roldar — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Galician: patrullar — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Greek: περιπολώ (peripoló) — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Ancient Greek: περιοδεύω (periodeúō) — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Hungarian: járőrözik — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Italian: pattugliare — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Italian: perlustrare — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Italian: ispezionare — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Italian: battere — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Italian: setacciare — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Japanese: 警邏する (keira suru) — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Latin: fraxō — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Portuguese: patrulhar — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Russian: патрули́ровать (patrulírovatʹ) — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Spanish: patrullar — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Tagalog: magpatrulya — go the rounds along a chain of sentinels
• Bulgarian: патрулирам (patruliram) — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Catalan: patrullar — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Chinese Mandarin: 巡邏 /巡逻 (xúnluó) — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Dutch: patrouilleren — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Finnish: partioida — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• French: patrouiller — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Galician: patrullar — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Galician: roldar — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Greek: περιπολώ (peripoló) — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Ancient Greek: περιοδεύω (periodeúō) — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Hungarian: járőrözik — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Japanese: 警邏する (keira suru) — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Latin: fraxō — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Māori: āmikumiku — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Māori: tautiaki — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Portuguese: patrulhar — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Russian: патрули́ровать (patrulírovatʹ) — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Spanish: patrullar — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Spanish: hacer la ronda — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Tagalog: magpatrulya — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Ottoman Turkish: كزمك (gezmek) — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Vietnamese: đi tuần — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman
• Vietnamese: đi tuần tra — go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard or policeman