serre-file

sɛʁfil

Definition

Definition of serre-file - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

surveillance

TECH.

surveillant chargé de contrôler un groupe de personnes

TECH.

Il jouait le rôle de serre-file auprès des prisonniers.

contrôleur

superviseur

militaire

Dated

officier placé derrière une troupe pour la surveiller

Dated

Le serre-file veillait à ce qu'aucun soldat ne quitte les rangs.

arrière-garde

évacuation

TECH.

personne qui vérifie qu'aucune personne ne reste lors d'une évacuation

TECH.

Le serre-file s'assura que tous avaient quitté le bâtiment.

vérificateur

marine

Dated

navire qui occupe la dernière position dans une formation

Dated

Le serre-file de l'escadre suivait à distance respectueuse.

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Origin of serre-file

militaire, serre (serrer) + file (rangée)

Examples of serre-file in a sentence

Chaque classe avait un serre-file pour la sortie scolaire.
Le serre-file fermait la marche lors de la parade.
Un bon serre-file repère vite les retardataires.
Le serre-file fermait la marche lors de l'exercice d'incendie.
Chaque classe doit désigner un serre-file pour la sortie.
Le serre-file assurait la sécurité de la flotte.

Un signal fut envoyé au serre-file pour ralentir.

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English:tail-end supervisor, trailing officer, ...
German:Schlussmann, Schlussoffizier, ...
Italian:chiude-fila, chiudifila, ...
Spanish:cierre de grupo, cierre de columna, ...
Portuguese:vigilante de retaguarda, serra-fila, ...
Chinese:押队员, 排长, ...
Japanese:監視役, しんがり役, ...
Arabic:مراقب المجموعة, ضابط المراقبة الخلفي, ...
Hebrew:סוֹגֵר טוּר, סֶרֶה-פִיל, ...
Russian:замыкающий, офицер-замыкающий, ...
Ukrainian:наглядач, замикальний, ...
Catalan:tancador, serrafiles, ...
Danish:vagt, bagtrop, ...
Dutch:achterwacht, achterste man, ...
Greek:οπισθοφύλακας, επόπτης οπισθοφυλακής, ...
Hungarian:csoportkísérő, záró tiszt, ...
Khmer:អ្នកយាមនៅខាងក្រោយក្រុម, មន្ត្រីត្រួតពិនិត្យនៅខាងក្រោយកងទ័ព, ...
Korean:후미감시자, 후미 감시관, ...
Polish:zamykający pochód, zamykający, ...
Portuguese (BR):fechador, oficial de retaguarda, ...
Romanian:închizător de coloană, serrefil, ...
Swedish:eftervakt, efterpatrull, ...
Thai:ผู้ดูแลท้ายแถว, นายทหารปิดท้าย, ...
Turkish:artçı, artçıl subay, ...
Vietnamese:người giám sát cuối đoàn, người chốt hậu, ...

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Definition of serre-file - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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