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The word plainclothes is in the Wiktionary

7 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • plainclothes adj. (Usually of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.
  • plainclothes n. Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform.
  • plain-clothes adj. Alternative spelling of plain clothes when used attributively.
  • plain-clothes adj. Alternative form of plainclothes (adjective).
  • plain␣clothes n. Civilian clothes worn by someone in an occupation or organization for which a uniform might be expected…
— English words, defined in French —
  • plainclothes n. Policiers en civil.
  • plainclothes adj. En civil.
37 English words from 5 English definitions

adjective Alternative attributively avoid civilian clothes detection expected for form in␣order in␣order␣to instead instead␣of might occupation of␣a officer order ordinary organization plain plain␣clothes police police␣officer rather rather␣than someone spelling than uniform used Usually Wearing when which worn

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

civil Policiers

1 foreign word from 2 foreign definitions

en␣civil

7 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

plainclothesman plainclothes␣man plainclothesmen plainclothes␣men plainclotheswoman plainclotheswomen plainclothesperson

39 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Ain AIN ain' Clo CLO clot cloth clothe clothes hes Hes he's inc Inc INC inc. Inc. incl incl. lai Lai lain Lain lot Lot loth Loth lothe NCL oth OTH -oth o'th' Pla PLA plain Plain the the-

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

alp ALP HTOL IAL -ial nia Nia NIA OLC SEH tol tol'

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

copanellist haplostelic lactophiles

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

plainclothed plain-clothed


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