policial
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]policial (not comparable)
- (archaic) Relating to the police.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter:
- [W]here the case is of importance—or, what amounts to the same thing in the policial eyes, when the reward is of magnitude, the qualities in question have never been known to fail.
Catalan
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]policial m or f (masculine and feminine plural policials)
- (relational) police
- Synonym: policíac
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “policial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “policial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “policial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]policial m or f (plural policiais)
Noun
[edit]policial m or f by sense (plural policiais)
Derived terms
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]policial m or f (masculine and feminine plural policiales)
- (Spain) Related to the police, police force
- police procedural
- Synonym: de policías
- whodunit, whodunnit (UK)
Usage notes
[edit]- In a novel, drama, film or series, policial is more to refer to police procedural and policiaco/policíaco to whodunit.
Derived terms
[edit]- (whodunit): novela policiaca f, serie de televisión policíaca f
- parapolicial
- policialmente
Related terms
[edit]- policía f
Further reading
[edit]- “policial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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