poli

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -olɪ
• Hyphenation: po‧li

Noun

poli

1. inflection of pole:
   1. dative/locative singular
   2. instrumental plural

Anagrams

• pilo

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of polikliniek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.li/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: po‧li
• Rhymes: -oːli

Noun

poli f (plural poli's)

1. An outpatient clinic.

Descendants

• → Indonesian: poli

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of poliklinikka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoli/,
• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification^(key): po‧li

Noun

poli (colloquial)

1. polyclinic

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “poli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Ilpo

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin polītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li/

• audio

  (file)

Adjective

poli (feminine polie, masculine plural polis, feminine plural polies)

1. polite
2. polished

Related terms

• politesse
• poliment

Noun

poli m (plural polis)

1. lustre, polish

Participle

poli (feminine polie, masculine plural polis, feminine plural polies)

1. past participle of polir

Related terms

• polir

Further reading

• “poli”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• poil

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch poli (“clinic, outpatient clinic”), from clipping of polikliniek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: po‧li

Noun

poli (plural poli-poli, first-person possessive poliku, second-person possessive polimu, third-person possessive polinya)

1. (healthcare) clipping of poliklinik (“clinic, outpatient clinic”).

   Dokter dan perawat positif CoVID-19, poli rumah sakit ditutup. ― Doctor and nurse tested CoVID-19 positive, hospital outpatient clinic have been closed.

Italian

Noun

poli m pl

1. plural of polo

Anagrams

• lipo-

Latgalian

Noun

poli m pl

1. flood

Latin

Noun

polī

1. inflection of polus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Latvian

Noun

poli m

1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular of polis

Lower Sorbian

Noun

poli

1. Superseded spelling of póli.

Norman

Etymology 1

From Latin poliō (“polish, smooth”).

Verb

poli

1. (Jersey) to polish

Etymology 2

From Latin polītus (“polished, smoothed”), perfect passive participle of poliō (“polish, smooth”).

Verb

poli

1. past participle of poli

Adjective

poli m

1. (Jersey) polite

Derived terms

• polîment (“politely”)

Portuguese

Verb

poli

1. inflection of polir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

poli (Cyrillic spelling поли)

1. second/third-person singular aorist past of politi

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

poli n

1. locative singular of pole

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of policía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoli/
• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: po‧li

Noun

poli m or f by sense (plural polis)

1. (colloquial) cop

   Synonym: (Spain) madero

Derived terms

Noun

poli f (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) heat, the police

Further reading

• “poli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate with Ternate fodi (“to buy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.l̪i/

Verb

poli

1. (transitive) to buy

Conjugation

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics