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Occitan
Etymology
From Late Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Attested from the 17th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
polícia f (plural polícias)
- police
Derived terms
References
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈli.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /poˈli.sjɐ/, /puˈli.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /puˈli.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈli.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /poˈli.sjɐ/, /puˈli.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /puˈli.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈli.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /poˈli.sja/
Noun
polícia f (plural polícias)
- police
Noun
polícia m or f by sense (plural polícias)
- policeman, policewoman
- Synonym: policial
Descendants
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).
Pronunciation
Noun
polícia f (related adjective policajný)
- police
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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, 2003–2024