policie

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Polizei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪt͡sɪjɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ɪjɛ

Noun

policie f (related adjective policejní)

1. police

Declension

Declension of policie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	policie	policie
genitive	policie	policií
dative	policii	policiím
accusative	policii	policie
vocative	policie	policie
locative	policii	policiích
instrumental	policií	policiemi

Derived terms

• policejní
• policista

 

Related terms

• See polis

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

Alternative forms

• politie

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)

1. policy
2. rule; law; regulation

Descendants

• → English: policy

Portuguese

Verb

policie

1. inflection of policiar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative