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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespatrouille aérienne
Pronunciation / Transliteration: patruj aʁjɛn
"La patrouille aérienne a surveillé la zone frontalière."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The surveillance, monitoring, or defense of a specific area conducted by aircraft.
"The forest service increased its aerial-patrols during the dry summer months to detect wildfires early."
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To monitor or guard a region from an aircraft.
"Helicopters were deployed to aerial-patrol the coastline for illegal fishing vessels."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'aerial' (originating in the early 17th century from Latin 'aereus', meaning of the air) and 'patrol' (derived from the 17th-century French 'patrouiller', meaning to tramp through mud or go the rounds). The compound term emerged in the early 20th century with the advent of aviation, initially referring to military reconnaissance flights and later expanding to civilian surveillance operations.
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patrouille aérienne
Transliteration: patruj aʁjɛn
"La patrouille aérienne a surveillé la zone frontalière."
Luftpatrouille
Transliteration: lʊftpaˈtʁʊljə
"Die Luftpatrouille überwachte das betroffene Gebiet."
pattuglia aerea
Transliteration: patˈtuʎːa ˈaːre.a
"La pattuglia aerea ha monitorato la costa."
patrulla aérea
Transliteration: paˈtɾuʝa aˈeɾea
"La patrulla aérea detectó el fuego en el bosque."
patrulha aérea
Transliteration: paˈtɾuʎɐ aˈeɾjɐ
"A patrulha aérea cobriu toda a região afetada."
हवाई गश्त
Transliteration: havai gasht
"सीमा पर सुरक्षा के लिए हवाई गश्त बढ़ाई गई है।"
空中巡逻
Transliteration: kōngzhōng xúnluó
"警方派出了直升机进行空中巡逻。"
공중 순찰
Transliteration: gongjung sunchal
"산불 예상을 위해 공중 순찰이 강화되었습니다."
空中巡回
Transliteration: kūchū junkai
"ヘリコプターによる空中巡回が行われた。"
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