What does surveillance in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word surveillance in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use surveillance in French.

The word surveillance in French means surveillance, observation, monitoring, security camera, supervisory board, DST, leave unsupervised, under the supervision of, under the scrutiny of, under supervision, under medical supervision, ongoing monitoring, internal security surveillance, area monitoring, electronic surveillance, surveillance video. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word surveillance

surveillance

nom féminin (fait de surveiller) (security)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le parking est sous surveillance vidéo.
The car park has video surveillance.

observation, monitoring

nom féminin (observation, suivi) (Medical)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce malade est sous surveillance.
This patient is under observation.

security camera

nom féminin (dispositif d'enregistrement vidéo de sécurité)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La municipalité a installé des caméras de surveillance à ce carrefour dangereux.

supervisory board

nom masculin (entité de contrôle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le conseil de surveillance rend compte aux actionnaires.

DST

nom féminin invariable (abr (contre-espionnage français) (initialism)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La DCRI a fusionné la DST et les RG.

leave unsupervised

locution verbale (ne pas prêter attention à)

under the supervision of, under the scrutiny of

(surveillé par)

under supervision

locution adjectivale (contrôlé, surveillé)

under medical supervision

locution adverbiale (sous le contrôle d'un médecin)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Il peut retourner chez lui sous surveillance médicale.

ongoing monitoring

nom féminin (observation permanente d'un patient)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les patients en réanimation ont souvent besoin d'une surveillance continue.

internal security surveillance, area monitoring

nom féminin (contrôle anti-subversif)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La police assure la surveillance du territoire.

electronic surveillance

nom féminin (contrôle par moyens numériques)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La surveillance électronique est une alternative à la prison.

surveillance video

nom féminin (surveillance par caméras)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La police de cette ville a adopté la surveillance vidéo dans l'espoir de faire baisser la criminalité. Attention ! Propriété sous surveillance vidéo.

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