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le major

senior police officer

m a . ʒ ɔ ʁ
noun Uncommon #15,185
senior police officer A French police rank; it is not equivalent to the English military rank of major.
FR: Le major arrive au commissariat.
EN: The senior police officer arrives at the police station.

Merci, major.

Thank you, Major.

Mais en tant que major de promo, je dois être courageux.

But as the top student in my class, I have to be brave.

— The Wandering Earth 2 (2023)

Vire-moi ces cons et dis au chef d'envoyer du renfort au major.

Get rid of these idiots and tell the boss to send reinforcements to the major.

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Le major ne t'en a donné que vingt mille.

The major only gave you twenty thousand.

Compris, major ?

Understood, Major?

— Troupe d'Élite : l'Ennemi Intérieur (2010)

Le Lieutenant est le premier Vulcain sorti major de sa promotion.

The lieutenant is the first Vulcan to graduate at the top of his class.

— Star Trek VI : Terre inconnue (1991)

Major fatigué.

Major is tired.

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Elle a été major de sa promo à Oxford.

She graduated top of her class at Oxford.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Mais voici le camarade chef d'état-major !

But here comes the chief of staff, comrade!

— Requiem pour un massacre (1985)

Je suis major.

I'm a major.

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Major, j'ai eu tort de le faire.

Major, I was wrong to do that.

— Starship Troopers (1997)

On a l'identité de l'homme arrêté par le major.

We have the identity of the man arrested by the major.

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Cette nuit-là, le major Li n'est pas allé loin.

That night, Major Li did not go far.

— Sacrifices of War (2011)

Major, commandant.

Major, sir.

— Troupe d'Élite : l'Ennemi Intérieur (2010)

Gênée dans les embouteillages, major ?

Stuck in traffic, major?

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Oui, major.

Yes, Major.

Camarade major, où vais-je être affecté ?

Comrade Major, where will I be assigned?

— Le prisonnier du Caucase (1996)

Major Mitchell.

Major Mitchell.

— Independence Day (1996)

Major !

Major!

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Ki-jung serait major de promotion.

Ki-jung is said to be top of his class.

— Parasite (2019)

Il y a une petite erreur, major Achbach.

There's a small mistake, Major Achbach.

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Bien sûr, le major de promo.

Of course, the top student in the class.

— Le Cercle des poètes disparus (1989)

Major Nathan Maxwell Janus ?

Major Nathan Maxwell Janus?

— Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

La disparition de votre correspondance avec le major von Lieben n'eût pas suffi.

The disappearance of your correspondence with Major von Lieben would not have been enough.

Major.

Major.

— Independence Day (1996)

Un major est au-dessus d'un capitaine.

A major outranks a captain.

Major Li, on est les derniers debout.

Major Li, we're the last ones standing.

— Sacrifices of War (2011)

C'est-à-dire, mon lieutenant, il est allé par là avec la petite aide major.

That is to say, Lieutenant, he went that way with the little assistant surgeon.

— L’Enfance d’Ivan (1962)

Major ?

Major?

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Il était major au sein de la Force de la Terre unie.

He was a major in the United Earth Force.

— Star Trek : Sans limites (2016)

Russell Casse, major.

Russell Casse, major.

— Independence Day (1996)

Sounds similar to

majeur m a . ʒ œ ʁ