politi

See also: Politi and polití

Basque

Adjective

politi

1. dative indefinite of polit

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪcɪ]

Participle

politi

1. animate masculine plural passive participle of polít

Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German politīe and Medieval Latin politia from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “citizenship, government”), derived from the noun πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”), from the noun πόλις (pólis, “city, state”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poliˈtiː/, [pʰoliˈtˢiːˀ], [pʰo̝liˈtsʰiˀ]

Noun

politi n (singular definite politiet, not used in plural form)

1. police

Italian

Adjective

politi

1. masculine plural of polito

Anagrams

• opliti, piloti

Latin

Participle

polītī

1. inflection of polītus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

politi n (definite singular politiet)

1. (the) police

Derived terms

• opprørspoliti
• politiadjutant
• politiarrest
• politiattest
• politibetjent
• politibil
• politidistrikt
• politifolk
• politifullmektig
• politigrad
• politigrep
• politihund
• politiinspektør
• politikammer
• politikonstabel
• politikorps
• politikvinne
• politimakt
• politimann
• politimedalje
• politimester
• politioverbetjent
• politisak
• politistasjon
• politistat
• politistyrke
• polititjenestemann
• polititropp
• politiutdannelse
• politivedtek
• politivold

Etymology 2

Noun

politi m (definite singular politien, indefinite plural politier, definite plural politiene)

1. a policeman

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

politi n (definite singular politiet)

1. (the) police

Derived terms

• opprørspoliti
• politiadjutant
• politiarrest
• politiattest
• politibetjent
• politibil
• politidistrikt
• politifolk
• politifullmektig
• politigrad
• politigrep
• politihund
• politiinspektør
• politikammer
• politikonstabel
• politikorps
• politikvinne
• politimakt
• politimann
• politimedalje
• politimeister
• politioverbetjent
• politisak
• politistasjon
• politistat
• politistyrke
• polititenestemann
• polititropp
• politiutdanning
• politivald
• politivedtekt

Etymology 2

Noun

politi m (definite singular politien, indefinite plural politiar, definite plural politiane)

1. a policeman

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From po- +‎ liti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒliti/
• Hyphenation: po‧li‧ti

Verb

pòliti pf (Cyrillic spelling по̀лити)

1. to wet, to pour liquid on

Conjugation

Conjugation of politi

infinitive		politi
present verbal adverb		—
past verbal adverb		polivši
verbal noun		—
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present		polijem	poliješ	polije	polijemo	polijete	poliju
future	future I	polit ću1 poliću	polit ćeš1 polićeš	polit će1 poliće	polit ćemo1 polićemo	polit ćete1 polićete	polit ćē1 poliće
	future II	bȕdēm polio2	bȕdēš polio2	bȕdē polio2	bȕdēmo polili2	bȕdēte polili2	bȕdū polili2
past	perfect	polio sam2	polio si2	polio je2	polili smo2	polili ste2	polili su2
	pluperfect3	bȉo sam polio2	bȉo si polio2	bȉo je polio2	bíli smo polili2	bíli ste polili2	bíli su polili2
	aorist	polih	poli	poli	polismo	poliste	poliše
conditional	conditional I	polio bih2	polio bi2	polio bi2	polili bismo2	polili biste2	polili bi2
	conditional II4	bȉo bih polio2	bȉo bi polio2	bȉo bi polio2	bíli bismo polili2	bíli biste polili2	bíli bi polili2
imperative		—	polij	—	polijmo	polijte	—
active past participle		polio m / polila f / polilo n			polili m / polile f / polila n
passive past participle		poliven m / polivena f / poliveno n			poliveni m / polivene f / polivena n

¹   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
²   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
³   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
⁴   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
  *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

• polijévati / polévati, polívati impf

Further reading

• “politi”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025