policial
English edit
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policial (not comparable)
- (archaic) Relating to the police.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter:
- [W]here the case is of importance—or, what amounts to the same thing in the policial eyes, when the reward is of magnitude, the qualities in question have never been known to fail.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
policial m or f (masculine and feminine plural policials)
- (relational) police
- Synonym: policíac
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “policial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “policial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “policial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
policial m or f (plural policiais)
Noun edit
policial m or f by sense (plural policiais)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
policial m or f (masculine and feminine plural policiales)
- (Spain) Related to the police, police force
- police procedural
- Synonym: de policías
- whodunit, whodunnit (UK)
Usage notes edit
- In a novel, drama, film or series, policial is more to refer to police procedural and policiaco/policíaco to whodunit.
Derived terms edit
- (whodunit): novela policiaca f, serie de televisión policíaca f
- parapolicial
- policialmente
Related terms edit
- policía f
Further reading edit
- “policial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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