No. 12,321 in Swedish

signalement

A detailed description of a person's physical characteristics.

In a sentence

Polisen bad om signalement för den misstänkte.
The police requested a description of the suspect.
Here, 'signalement' refers to the physical description or identifying characteristics of a person, used in a context of law enforcement.
Signalementet stämmer överens med vittnets beskrivning.
The description matches the witness's account.
In this sentence, 'signalement' indicates a description provided by witnesses, highlighting its use in matching details.
Kan du ge mig ett signalement på cykeln du förlorade?
Can you provide a description of the bicycle you lost?
Here, 'signalement' is used more generally to request specific identifying details about an object, not just people.

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