polis

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Alternative spellings 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 References 1.4 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Verb 3.2 Anagrams 4 Papiamentu 4.1 Noun 5 Scots 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 7 Turkish 7.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: pōlĭs, IPA: /ˈpɒ.lɪs/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), “‘city state’”).

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polis (plural poleis or polises)

1. A city, or a city-state.
   • 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 161:

     By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Standard English police, compare Scots polis.

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• pollis

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polis (countable and uncountable; plural polises)

1. (uncountable, Geordie) The police.
2. (countable, Geordie) A policeman or policewoman.

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• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

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• Alphagram: ilops
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From Italian < polizza < Latin apodixa < Ancient Greek < ἀπόδειξις (apodeixis), “‘proof’”) < ἀποδείκνυμι (apodeiknumi), “‘I prove’”).

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polis

1. verzekeringspolis (insurance policy)

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polis

1. First-person singular indicative present of polir.
2. Second-person singular indicative present of polir.
3. First-person singular past historic of polir.
4. Second-person singular past historic of polir.
5. Singular imperative of polir.

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• Alphagram: ilops
• poils

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polis

1. police

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[edit] Scots

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From French police.

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• IPA: /ˈpolɪs/

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polis (countable and uncountable; plural polises)

1. (uncountable) police
2. policeman

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Inflection for polis	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	polis	polisen	poliser	poliserna
Possessive form	poliss	polisens	polisers	polisernas

polis c.

1. police (as an organization or as an individual)

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[edit] Noun

polis

1. police (police)