Policespeak
English
proper noun
Definitions
- A constructed language for police and emergency service cooperation at the Channel Tunnel, using a limited vocabulary drawn from French and English.
Etymology
Suffix from English police.
Origin
English
police
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipolice English
- cyberpolice English
- nonpolice English
- parapolice English
- police English
- policeable English
- policeboat English
- policedom English
- policeism English
- policeless English
- policelike English
- policeman English
- policeperson English
- policer English
- policewoman English
- policework English
- policial English
- policiary English
- self-police English
- पुलिस Hindi
- polis Cebuano
- పోలీసు Telugu
- pulis Tagalog
- polis Malay
- ပုလိပ် Burmese
- police Middle French
- 波麗士 Chinese
- polisi Swahili
- iphoyisa Zulu
- polis Tok Pisin
- པུ་ལི་སི Tibetan
- pulis Bikol Central
- پوليس Pashto, Pushto
- borithi Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- pulísena Taos