See also: poliție

Dutch edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch policie, from Middle French policie.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /poː.ˈli.(t)si/, (colloquial) /pə.ˈli.(t)si/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: po‧li‧tie
  • Rhymes: -itsi

Noun edit

politie f (uncountable)

  1. police
    Synonyms: popo, skotoe
  2. (obsolete) policy, governance

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: polisie
  • Lokono: bariri
  • Caribbean Hindustani: polisi
  • Caribbean Javanese: polisi
  • Indonesian: polisi
  • Papiamentu: polis
  • West Frisian: polysje, plysje

Further reading edit

Middle French edit

Noun edit

politie f (plural polities)

  1. Alternative form of policie

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Greek πολιτεία (politeía), from Byzantine Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

Noun edit

politie f (plural politii)

  1. (archaic) polity, state, republic
    Synonyms: stat, republică
  2. (archaic) city
    Synonym: oraș

Declension edit

See also edit