politie

See also: poliție

Dutch

Wagen van de lokale politie te Antwerpen
Car of the local police in Antwerp

Etymology

From Middle Dutch policie, from Middle French policie.

Alternative forms

• plisie (slang)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poː.ˈli.(t)si/

• audio (Netherlands):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: po‧li‧tie
• Rhymes: -itsi

Noun

politie f (uncountable)

1. police
2. (obsolete) policy, governance

Synonyms

• skotoe
• popo

Derived terms

• gemeentepolitie
• havenpolitie
• milieupolitie
• moraalpolitie
• oproerpolitie
• politie-eenheid
• politieagent
• politieauto
• politiebond
• politiebureau
• politiechef
• politiecommisaris
• politiefilm
• politiegeneraal
• politiehond
• politiekorps
• politieman
• politiepost
• politierechter
• politieroman
• politieserie
• politiesoldaat
• politiestaat
• politievrouw
• politiewagen
• politiewerk
• politiewezen
• rijkspolitie
• spoorwegpolitie
• vreemdelingenpolitie
• waterpolitie
• zedenpolitie

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: polisie
• → Indonesian: polisi
• → West Frisian: polysje, plysje

Further reading

• politie on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

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Middle French

Noun

politie f (plural polities)

1. Alternative form of policie

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Romanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Byzantine Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

Noun

politie f (plural politii)

1. (archaic) polity, state, republic
2. (archaic) city

Synonyms

• (state, republic): stat, republică
• (city): oraș

See also

• poliție