policie

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-

Proto-Hellenic *ptólis

Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek πολῑ́της (polī́tēs)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā)bor.

Late Latin polītīa

Medieval Latin policiabor.

German Polizeibor.

Czech policie

Borrowed from German Polizei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪt͡sɪjɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ɪjɛ

Noun

policie f (relational 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), 2008–2026

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
• → Dutch: politie

Portuguese

Verb

policie

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