polícia

See also: policia and policía

Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Attested from the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [puˈli.sjɒ]

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Noun

polícia f (plural polícias)

1. police

Derived terms

• policièr

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puˈli.si.ɐ/ [puˈli.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /puˈli.sjɐ/, /poˈli.si.ɐ/ [poˈli.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /poˈli.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puˈli.si.ɐ/ [puˈli.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /puˈli.sjɐ/, /poˈli.si.ɐ/ [poˈli.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /poˈli.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈli.si.a/ [poˈli.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /poˈli.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈli.sjɐ/

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• Hyphenation: po‧lí‧ci‧a

Noun

polícia f (plural polícias)

1. police

Noun

polícia m or f by sense (plural polícias)

1. (colloquial) police officer

   Synonym: policial

Descendants

• → Tetum: polísia

Further reading

• “polícia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “polícia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔliːt͡si̯a]

Noun

polícia f (relational adjective policajný)

1. police

Declension

Declension of polícia
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	polícia	polície
genitive	polície	polícií
dative	polícii	políciám
accusative	políciu	polície
locative	polícii	políciách
instrumental	políciou	políciami

Derived terms

• policajný
• policajne
• policajt m, policajtka f

Further reading

• “polícia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026