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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Milizionär. Compare Russian милиционе́р (milicionér), Belarusian міліцыяне́р (milicyjanjér).
Pronunciation
Noun
міліціоне́р • (milicionér) m pers (genitive міліціоне́ра, nominative plural міліціоне́ри, genitive plural міліціоне́рів, female equivalent міліціоне́рка, relational adjective міліціоне́рський)
- (historical) police officer, policeman, militsia officer, militiaman (during the Soviet period and in some post-Soviet successor states)
- Synonym: (colloquial) міліція́нт m (milicijánt)
Usage notes
- In Ukraine, the terms мілі́ція (milícija) and міліціоне́р (milicionér) referred respectively to the main national law enforcement agency and its officers until 2015, when the мілі́ція was replaced by the Націона́льна полі́ція Украї́ни (Nacionálʹna polícija Ukrajíny, “National Police of Ukraine”).
Declension
See also
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “міліціонер”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “міліціонер”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “міліціонер”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “міліціонер”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “міліціонер”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “міліціонер”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “міліціонер”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)