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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Polizei.
Pronunciation
Noun
policie f (related adjective policejní)
- police
Declension
Declension of policie (soft feminine)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “policie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “policie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “policie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Middle French
Etymology
Late Latin politia (“citizenship; government”), classical Latin polītīa (in Cicero), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “citizenship; polis, (city) state; government”), from πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”).
Noun
policie f (plural policies)
- policy
- rule; law; regulation
Descendants
Portuguese
Verb
policie
- inflection of policiar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative