polícia

See also: policia and policía

Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Attested from the 17th century.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [puˈli.sjɒ]
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Noun

polícia f (plural polícias)

  1. police

Derived terms

References
  1. Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 469.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈli.si.ɐ/ [poˈli.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /poˈli.sjɐ/, /puˈli.si.ɐ/ [puˈli.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /puˈli.sjɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈli.si.a/ [poˈli.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /poˈli.sja/

  • Hyphenation: po‧lí‧ci‧a

Noun

polícia f (plural polícias)

  1. police

Noun

polícia m or f by sense (plural polícias)

  1. policeman, policewoman
    Synonym: policial

Descendants
  • → Hunsrik: Puliss

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔliːt͡si̯a]

Noun

polícia f (genitive singular polície, nominative plural polície, genitive plural polícií, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. police

Declension
Declension of polícia
singular plural
nominative polícia polície
genitive polície polícií
dative polícii políciám
accusative políciu polície
locative polícii políciách
instrumental políciou políciami

Derived terms
  • policajný
  • policajne
  • policajt m, policajtka f

References
  • “polícia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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