police
French
noun
Definitions
- police
- (Quebec) cop police officer
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin polītīa 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
- politeia English
- apodissa Latin
- apodixa Latin
- politia Latin
- politīa Latin
- polītīa Latin
- Police German
- Polizei German
- Polizze German
- polizza Italian
- polis Dutch, Flemish
- póliza Spanish, Castilian
- πολιτεία Ancient Greek
- πολῑ́της Ancient Greek
- πολῑτείᾱ Ancient Greek
- ἀπόδειξις Ancient Greek
- polícia Portuguese
- polis Swedish
- policja Polish
- polisa Polish
- بوليس Arabic
- بُولِيس Arabic
- policia Catalan, Valencian
- pòlissa Catalan, Valencian
- πολιτεία Greek (modern)
- polis Turkish
- poliçe Turkish
- police Middle French
- polícia Slovak
- polícia Occitan
- ប៉ូលិស Central Khmer
- polis Scots
- بوليس Moroccan Arabic
- lapolis Mauritian Creole
- lapolis Seychellois Creole
- boliis Afar