cảnh sát

Vietnamese

etym-sino
Definitions
  • (chiefly) the police
  • a police officer

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 警察 (police, keisatsu police, l).

Origin

Japanese

警察

Gloss

police, keisatsu police, l

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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