flic

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /flɪk/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

  Rhymes: -ɪk

  Homophone: flick

From flick in the cinematographic sense.

flic (plural flics)

1. (computing) A data file containing computer animations.

From French flic (“cop, policeman”).

flic (plural flics)

1. (informal, slang) A French policeman.

From earlier flique, probably a borrowing of German Flick, German criminal slang for "young man".

Alternatively, from earlier fligue, short for earlier fligman, a borrowing of German Fliege (“policeman”, literally “fly”). More at English fly.

• IPA^(key): /flik/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

flic m (plural flics)

1. (slang, derogatory) copper, pig, rozzer; (police officer)

• keuf (verlan)

• fliquer
• fliqueur

• “flic” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).