police
English
[pəˈliːs], /ˈpliːs/, /ˈpoʊ.liːs/
plural noun
Definitions
- A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order.
- (regional) A police officer.
- (figuratively) People who seek to enforce norms or standards.
- (military) The duty of cleaning up.
- (obsolete) Policy.
- (obsolete) Communal living; civilization.
- (now) The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French police derived from Latin politia (state, government) derived from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (state, polity, system of government, citizenship, policy, government, city).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πολιτεία
Gloss
state, polity, system of government, citizenship, policy, government, city
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
市
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Policespeak English
- antipolice English
- boat English
- cyberpolice English
- nonpolice English
- parapolice English
- person English
- policeable English
- policeboat English
- policedom English
- policeism English
- policeless English
- policelessness English
- policelike English
- policeman English
- policemanlike English
- policemanly English
- policemanship English
- policeperson English
- policer English
- policewoman English
- policework English
- policial English
- policiary English
- politeia English
- self-police English
- unpoliceable English
- work English
- politia Latin
- politīa Latin
- polītīa Latin
- Polizei German
- polizza Italian
- полисмен Russian
- πολιτεία Ancient Greek
- πολῑ́της Ancient Greek
- πολῑτείᾱ Ancient Greek
- πόλις Ancient Greek
- police Danish
- पुलिस Hindi
- पुलिसकर्मी Hindi
- पुलिसवाला Hindi
- πολιτεία Greek (modern)
- polis Cebuano
- polis dunggab Cebuano
- plismon Welsh
- పోలీసు Telugu
- police Norman
- pulis Tagalog
- anjing polis Malay
- balai polis Malay
- polis Malay
- ပုလိပ် Burmese
- police Middle French
- policie Middle French
- politie Middle French
- 波麗士 Chinese
- politīe Middle Low German
- polisi Swahili
- iphoyisa Zulu
- bwilijmāāņ Marshallese
- polizzia Sicilian
- polizzìa Sicilian
- pulizzia Sicilian
- pulizzìa Sicilian
- polis Tok Pisin
- polisman Tok Pisin
- པུ་ལི་སི Tibetan
- pirihimana Maori
- pulis Bikol Central
- پوليس Pashto, Pushto
- borithi Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- pulísena Taos