plainclothes

See also: plain-clothes and plain clothes

English

Alternative forms

• (of adjective) plain-clothes
• (of noun) plain clothes

Pronunciation

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Adjective

plainclothes (not comparable)

1. (usually of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.

Derived terms

• plainclothesman
• plainclothes man
• plainclothesperson
• plainclotheswoman

Translations

wearing civilian clothes

Chinese: Mandarin: 便服 (zh) (biànfú) Finnish: siviilipukuinen French: en civil (fr), en bourgeois (fr), en habit bourgeois (fr) Hungarian: civil ruhás Portuguese: à paisana (pt) Russian: в шта́тском (ru) (v štátskom), в гражда́нском (ru) (v graždánskom) Spanish: de civil, de paisano (es) Swedish: civilklädd (sv)

Noun

plainclothes (uncountable)

1. Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform.

Synonyms

• mufti (UK)

Translations

ordinary civilian clothes

Chinese: Mandarin: 便服 (zh) (biànfú) Finnish: siviiliasu French: vêtements de ville m pl Hungarian: civil ruha, civil (hu) (mostly in the term civilben) Russian: шта́тская оде́жда f (štátskaja odéžda), шта́тское (ru) n (štátskoje), гражда́нская оде́жда n (graždánskaja odéžda), гражда́нское (ru) n (graždánskoje)