polis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "polis"

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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŏʹlĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈpɒ.lɪs/
• enPR: pōʹlĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɒlɪs

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-

Proto-Hellenic *ptólis

Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)lbor.

English polis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”). Doublet of Puri and puri

Noun

polis (plural poleis or polises)

1. (historical) A Greek city-state.
   • 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, page 161:

     By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance.

Related terms

• -polis

Translations

a city or city-state

• Bulgarian: полис m (polis)
• Catalan: polis (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 城邦 (zh) (chéngbāng)

• Czech: polis (cs) f
• Dutch: polis (nl)
• Finnish: polis (fi), kaupunkivaltio (fi)
• French: polis (fr)
• Georgian: პოლისი (ṗolisi), ქალაქ-სახელმწიფო (kalak-saxelmc̣ipo)
• German: Polis (de) f
• Greek: Πόλις-κράτος (Pólis-krátos)
• Hungarian: városállam (hu)
• Italian: polis (it) f
• Japanese: 都市 (ja) (toshi), ポリス (ja) (porisu), 市国 (shikoku), 都市国家 (ja) (toshi kokka)
• Polish: polis (pl) n
• Portuguese: pólis (pt) f
• Spanish: polis (es)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scots polis. Doublet of police, policy, and polity.

Alternative forms

• pollis

Noun

polis (countable and uncountable, plural polises)

1. (uncountable, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie) The police.
   • 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:

     'Oh, don't bring in the polis on me, kind gentleman,' implored Mrs Laffey with redoubled fluency; 'the dirty, thievin' sergeant that set the lie against me a short while back over Mister Johnson's sthrayin' pullets, it's little justice I should ever see. Be the good kind gentleman—'

   • 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 328:

     Even in his Ma's womb, you would have had to define Spud less as a foetus, more as a set of dormant drug and personality problems. He'd probably draw the polis onto them through knocking a saltcellar out of the Little Chef.

2. (countable, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie) A police officer.

Further reading

• Oxford Dictionaries Online. "polis". 2015.
• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “polis”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• spoil

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		полис
Arabic		پولیس

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈlis]

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pol‧is

Noun

polis (definite accusative polisi, plural polislər)

1. police (an organisation that enforces the law)

   polis idarəsi ― police department

   polis şöbəsi ― police station, police district

   polis əməkdaşı ― police employee

2. police (member of the police force)

Declension

Declension of polis

	singular	plural
nominative	polis	polislər
definite accusative	polisi	polisləri
dative	polisə	polislərə
locative	polisdə	polislərdə
ablative	polisdən	polislərdən
definite genitive	polisin	polislərin

Possessive forms of polis

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	polisim	polislərim
sənin (“your”)	polisin	polislərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	polisi	polisləri
bizim (“our”)	polisimiz	polislərimiz
sizin (“your”)	polisiniz	polisləriniz
onların (“their”)	polisi or polisləri	polisləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	polisimi	polislərimi
sənin (“your”)	polisini	polislərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	polisini	polislərini
bizim (“our”)	polisimizi	polislərimizi
sizin (“your”)	polisinizi	polislərinizi
onların (“their”)	polisini or polislərini	polislərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	polisimə	polislərimə
sənin (“your”)	polisinə	polislərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	polisinə	polislərinə
bizim (“our”)	polisimizə	polislərimizə
sizin (“your”)	polisinizə	polislərinizə
onların (“their”)	polisinə or polislərinə	polislərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	polisimdə	polislərimdə
sənin (“your”)	polisində	polislərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	polisində	polislərində
bizim (“our”)	polisimizdə	polislərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	polisinizdə	polislərinizdə
onların (“their”)	polisində or polislərində	polislərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	polisimdən	polislərimdən
sənin (“your”)	polisindən	polislərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	polisindən	polislərindən
bizim (“our”)	polisimizdən	polislərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	polisinizdən	polislərinizdən
onların (“their”)	polisindən or polislərindən	polislərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	polisimin	polislərimin
sənin (“your”)	polisinin	polislərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	polisinin	polislərinin
bizim (“our”)	polisimizin	polislərimizin
sizin (“your”)	polisinizin	polislərinizin
onların (“their”)	polisinin or polislərinin	polislərinin

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.lis/

Noun

polis m (plural polisoù)

1. police

Noun

polis m (plural polised)

1. police officer

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English police.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlis/ [poˈl̪is̪]
• Hyphenation: po‧lis

Noun

polís (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. a police officer; a cop
2. a civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order

Czech

Etymology

International learned borrowing Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪs]

Noun

polis f (indeclinable)

1. polis (ancient Greek city-state)

Related terms

Related terms

• Akropole
• Akropolis
• antipolitický
• apolitický
• kosmopolita
• kosmopolitický
• kosmopolitismus
• kosmopolitní
• megalopole
• metropole
• nekropole
• polda
• policajt
• policie
• policista
• poliklinika
• poliš
• politbyro
• politický
• politik
• politika
• politikum
• politizace
• politizovat

Further reading

• “polis”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “polis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.lɪs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: po‧lis

Etymology 1

From French police (from Italian polizza, q.v.).

Noun

polis f (plural polissen, diminutive polisje n)

1. insurance policy
2. insurance plan

Derived terms

• verzekeringspolis
• woekerpolis

Descendants

• → Indonesian: polis

Etymology 2

International learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis) since the 1970s (probably via English polis).

Noun

polis f (plural poleis, no diminutive)

1. (historical) a polis; an ancient, especially Ancient Greek, city state or city

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “fortified town; city state”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolis/, [ˈpo̞lis̠]
• Rhymes: -olis
• Syllabification^(key): po‧lis
• Hyphenation^(key): po‧lis

Noun

polis

1. (historical) polis; Greek city-state

   Hypernym: kaupunkivaltio (“city-state”)

   • 2011, Paavo Castrén, Uusi antiikin historia, Otava, page 117:

     Kreikkalainen polis tuli sekä etruski- että latinalaisten yhteisöjen esikuvaksi – –.

     The Greek polis came to be a role model for Estruscan and Latin communities alike – –

Declension

Inflection of polis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		polis	polikset
genitive		poliksen	polisten poliksien
partitive		polista	poliksia
illative		polikseen	poliksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		polis	polikset
accusative	nom.	polis	polikset
	gen.	poliksen
genitive		poliksen	polisten poliksien
partitive		polista	poliksia
inessive		poliksessa	poliksissa
elative		poliksesta	poliksista
illative		polikseen	poliksiin
adessive		poliksella	poliksilla
ablative		polikselta	poliksilta
allative		polikselle	poliksille
essive		poliksena	poliksina
translative		polikseksi	poliksiksi
abessive		poliksetta	poliksitta
instructive		—	poliksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of polis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative polikseni polikseni accusative nom. polikseni polikseni gen. polikseni genitive polikseni polisteni poliksieni partitive polistani poliksiani inessive poliksessani poliksissani elative poliksestani poliksistani illative polikseeni poliksiini adessive poliksellani poliksillani ablative polikseltani poliksiltani allative polikselleni poliksilleni essive poliksenani poliksinani translative poliksekseni poliksikseni abessive poliksettani poliksittani instructive — — comitative — poliksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poliksesi poliksesi accusative nom. poliksesi poliksesi gen. poliksesi genitive poliksesi polistesi poliksiesi partitive polistasi poliksiasi inessive poliksessasi poliksissasi elative poliksestasi poliksistasi illative polikseesi poliksiisi adessive poliksellasi poliksillasi ablative polikseltasi poliksiltasi allative poliksellesi poliksillesi essive poliksenasi poliksinasi translative polikseksesi poliksiksesi abessive poliksettasi poliksittasi instructive — — comitative — poliksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poliksemme poliksemme accusative nom. poliksemme poliksemme gen. poliksemme genitive poliksemme polistemme poliksiemme partitive polistamme poliksiamme inessive poliksessamme poliksissamme elative poliksestamme poliksistamme illative polikseemme poliksiimme adessive poliksellamme poliksillamme ablative polikseltamme poliksiltamme allative poliksellemme poliksillemme essive poliksenamme poliksinamme translative polikseksemme poliksiksemme abessive poliksettamme poliksittamme instructive — — comitative — poliksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative poliksenne poliksenne accusative nom. poliksenne poliksenne gen. poliksenne genitive poliksenne polistenne poliksienne partitive polistanne poliksianne inessive poliksessanne poliksissanne elative poliksestanne poliksistanne illative polikseenne poliksiinne adessive poliksellanne poliksillanne ablative polikseltanne poliksiltanne allative poliksellenne poliksillenne essive poliksenanne poliksinanne translative polikseksenne poliksiksenne abessive poliksettanne poliksittanne instructive — — comitative — poliksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative poliksensa poliksensa accusative nom. poliksensa poliksensa gen. poliksensa genitive poliksensa polistensa poliksiensa partitive polistaan polistansa poliksiaan poliksiansa inessive poliksessaan poliksessansa poliksissaan poliksissansa elative poliksestaan poliksestansa poliksistaan poliksistansa illative polikseensa poliksiinsa adessive poliksellaan poliksellansa poliksillaan poliksillansa ablative polikseltaan polikseltansa poliksiltaan poliksiltansa allative polikselleen poliksellensa poliksilleen poliksillensa essive poliksenaan poliksenansa poliksinaan poliksinansa translative poliksekseen polikseksensa poliksikseen poliksiksensa abessive poliksettaan poliksettansa poliksittaan poliksittansa instructive — — comitative — poliksineen poliksinensa

Related terms

• -polis
• politiikka

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

  (file)

Verb

polis

1. inflection of polir:
   1. first/second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second-person singular past historic
   3. second-person singular imperative

Participle

polis m pl

1. masculine plural of poli

Adjective

polis

1. masculine plural of poli

Anagrams

• poils

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French police.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /polis/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

polis

1. police officer

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[2], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 152

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpolis/ [ˈpo.lɪs]
• Rhymes: -olis
• Syllabification: po‧lis

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch polis (“insurance policy”), from French police (“policy”), from Italian polizza, from Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis, “proof”). Compare to Malay polisi (“policy”).

Noun

polis (plural polis-polis)

1. insurance policy

Derived terms

• berpolis

Derived terms

• polis angsuran
• polis anuitas
• polis asuransi
• polis asuransi jiwa permanen
• polis bernilai
• polis kombinasi
• polis kumpulan
• polis lunas
• polis pajak warisan
• polis par
• polis penyertaan
• polis perjalanan
• polis proteksi ganda
• polis risiko tinggi
• polis terbatas
• polis terbayar penuh
• polis terbuka

Etymology 2

Noun

polis (plural polis-polis)

1. nonstandard form of poles

Usage notes

• The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Standard Malay usage can be seen in polis.

Further reading

• “polis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolis/ [ˈpoː.li̞s]
  • Rhymes: -olis
• (parts of Bauko, Sabangan and Tadian) IPA^(key): /ˈpolih/ [ˈpoː.li̞h]
  • Rhymes: -olih
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /ˈporis/ [ˈpoː.ri̞s]
  • Rhymes: -oris
• Syllabification: po‧lis

Noun

pólis

1. act of being a leader in superstitions, heathen sacrifices, witchcraft, sorcery, etc.
2. act of destroying, ruining

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms and variants of polis
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Group	Province	Municipality	Part of municipality	Barangay	Terms	Words
Northern / Applai	Mountain Province	Sagada	Pidlisan / Dapliyan (north)	Aguid		poris, polis
				Pide		poris, polis
				Fidelisan		poris, polis
				Bangaan		poris, polis
				Madungo		poris, polis
				Tanulong		poris, polis
Southern / Central	Mountain Province	Bauko	Lower Bauko	Bila		polih
				Banao		polih
				Poblacion		polih
				Otucan		polih
		Sabangan	Upper Sabangan	Bun-ayan		polih
				Bao-angan		polih
				Busa		polih
				Camatagan		polih
				Capinitan		polih
				Gayang		polih
				Namatec		polih
				Napua		polih
				Pingad		polih
			Lower Sabangan	Data		polis
				Lagan		polis
				Losad		polis
				Poblacion		polis
				Supang		polis
				Tambingan		polis
		Tadian	Zone 2 / SULUMASIDE	Bantey		polih
				Batayan		polih
				Duagan		polih
				Lubon		polih
				Mabalite		polih
				Masla		polih
				Sumadel		polih
			Zone 3 / Sunny Side	Banaao		poloh
				Cadad-anan		poloh
				Cagubatan		poloh
				Dacudac		poloh
				Lenga		poloh
				Pandayan		poloh

Derived terms

• manpolis
• polisen

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “púlis”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[3], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 372

Latin

Noun

polīs

1. dative/ablative plural of polus

References

• "polis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “polis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “polis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “polis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately from Polish polak, Russian поля́к (polják) (under the influence of Old High German pōl — cf. German, English Pole — and perhaps also of Latvian dialectal bolis, polis (“ox without horns”)), itself derived from Polish pole (“field”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“light (color), gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pūōlis]

Noun

polis m (2nd declension, female equivalent poliete)

1. a Pole, a Polish man, a man born in Poland

   pēc Livonijas kara poļi ieguva Vidzemi un Latgali ― after the Livonian War the Poles obtained Vidzeme and Latgale

2. (genitive plural) Polish; pertaining to Poland and its people

   poļu valoda ― the Polish language

   poļu māksla ― Polish art

Declension

Declension of polis (2nd)

	singular	plural
nominative	polis	poļi
genitive	poļa	poļu
dative	polim	poļiem
accusative	poli	poļus
instrumental	poli	poļiem
locative	polī	poļos
vocative	poli	poļi

Related terms

• Polija
• polisks
• poļu valoda

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈpolis/ [ˈpo.lis]
• (Kuala Lumpur-Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈpoles/ [ˈpo.les]
• (Kedah) IPA^(key): /ˈpoleh/ [ˈpo.leh]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Syllabification: po‧lis

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English police, from Middle French police, from Latin politia (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

Noun

polis (Jawi spelling ڤوليس, plural polis-polis or polis²)(Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei)

1. The police, a civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order.

   Synonyms: serdadu (Southern Thailand), polisi (Indonesia)

2. A police officer; cop.

   Synonyms: anggota polis, mata-mata, serdadu (Southern Thailand), polisi (Indonesia), abang polis (slang)

Usage notes

• The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian polis.

Derived terms

Affixtions

• berpolis (“to become a police”)
• kepolisan (“police; police force”)

Compounds

• abang polis (“slang, endearing term for a friendly police officer”)
• anggota polis (“police officer”)
• balai polis (“police station”)
• kereta polis (“police car”)
• polis hutan (“forest ranger”)
• polis lalu lintas / polis trafik (“traffic police”)
• polis marin (“maritime police”)
• polis pencegah rusuhan (“riot police”)
• polis rahsia (“secret police”)
• polis simpanan (“police reserve”)
• polis tentera (“military police”)

Etymology 2

Noun

polis (plural polis-polis or polis²)

1. (Indonesia) alternative spelling of polisi (“policy”); see Indonesian polis (“policy”)

Further reading

• "polis" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "polis" at PRPM first version)
• Kamus Bahasa Indonesia-Melayu Riau, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1997, →ISBN, page 308

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish policía and Portuguese polícia and Dutch politie.

Noun

polis

1. police
2. policeman

Pijin

Etymology

From English police.

Noun

polis

1. police
2. willy wagtail

References

• Jourdan, Christine with Maebiru, Ellen (2002), “polis”, in Pijin: A trilingual cultural dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; 526), Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 175

Portuguese

Verb

polis

1. second-person plural present indicative of polir

Réunion Creole French

Etymology

From French police.

Noun

polis

1. police officer

   Synonym: polisié

2. police

References

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 279

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis).

Noun

polis n (plural polisuri)

1. polis

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	polis	polisul	polisuri	polisurile
genitive-dative	polis	polisului	polisuri	polisurilor
vocative	polisule		polisurilor

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolɪs/

Etymology 1

From the French police.

Noun

polis (countable and uncountable, plural polises)

1. (uncountable) police
   • 1987, Robbie Kydd, ...Auld Zimmery, Mariscat Press 1987:

     'Listen then. Yer name's Andy MacPhail. That's whit us three has jist tellt the polis in wir statements. Okay?'

   • 1991, Dr James Begg, Dipper: 20 - Cops and Robbers, Luath Press:

     ‘Aye, Andra,' cam back the reply. 'We micht as weel caa it a day doun here. The hale bluidy place is hotchin wi polis! Come doun an get us at the Auld Raw.'

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2007, Sheena Blackhall, The Quarry, Lochlands:

     Brian hid contactit his granfaither, Pat, tae see gin the polis computers could raik up onythin ava tae makk eese o in persuadin Bappy Anderson tae pairt wi a kidney.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2013, Pedro Lenz, translated by Donal McLaughlin, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books, page 51:

     Coont yirsel lucky ahm naw cawin the polis. Noo fuck off.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

polis

1. Polish

Verb

polis

1. polish
2. adorn, beautify

References

• http://www.dsl.ac.uk/ - Dictionary of the Scots Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolis/ [ˈpo.lis]
• Rhymes: -olis
• Syllabification: po‧lis

Etymology 1

Noun

polis m pl or f pl

1. plural of poli

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city-state”).

Noun

polis f pl (plural only)

1. polis

Further reading

• “polis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

En svensk polis i Almedalen, 2014.

Etymology

From French police, from Late Latin polītīa

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

polis c

1. (often in the definite "polisen") police (organization that enforces the law)
2. a police officer

   Synonyms: polisman, (dated, now polisassistent) konstapel (“constable”)

Declension

Declension of polis

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	polis	polis
	definite	polisen	polisens
plural	indefinite	poliser	polisers
	definite	poliserna	polisernas

Synonyms

colloquial or slang; sense “police forces”

• aina
• bylingen (dated)
• bängen (dated)
• farbror blå
• grisen
• snuten

colloquial or slang; sense “police officer”

• byling (dated)
• gris
• snut

Hypernyms

• officer

Hyponyms

• militärpolis
• ordningspolis
• språkpolis
• säkerhetspolis

Derived terms

• polisagent
• polisanmäla
• polisanmälan
• polisarrest
• polisaspirant
• polisassessor
• polisassistent
• polisbefäl
• polisbevaka
• polisbevakning
• polisbil
• polisbricka
• polisbrutalitet
• polisbuss
• polisbåt
• polischef
• polischock
• polisdistrikt
• polisdomstol
• poliseskort
• polisfordon
• polisförhör
• polisförhöra
• polisförstärkning
• polishelikopter
• polishjälp
• polishund
• polishus
• polishäkte
• polishäst
• polishögkvarter
• polishögskola
• polisingripande
• polisinrättning
• polisinsats
• polisinspektör
• polisintendent
• polisiär
• polisjakt
• poliskask
• poliskedja
• poliskommissarie
• poliskonstapel
• poliskontroll
• poliskund
• poliskår
• polislarm
• polisledning
• polislås
• polismakt
• polisman
• polismisshandel
• polismyndighet
• polismästare
• polisofficer
• polisområde
• polisorganisation
• polispatrull
• polispersonal
• polispiket
• polisprotokoll
• polispådrag
• polisradio
• polisrapport
• polisrazzia
• polisregister
• polissamarbete
• polissekreterare
• polissiren
• polisskola
• polisskydd
• polisspärr
• polisstat
• polisstation
• polisstyrelse
• polisstyrka
• polistillstånd
• polistjänsteman
• polisundersökning
• polisuniform
• polisuppbåd
• polisutredning
• polisvakt
• polisvåld
• polisvälde
• polisväsen
• polisväsende
• polisyrket
• polisärende
• polisövervakning

References

• “polis”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “polis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “polis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Further reading

• polis on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sv

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /poˈlis/ [poˈlɪs]
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: po‧lis

Noun

polís (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔) (dated)

1. alternative form of pulis

Further reading

• English, Leo James (1987), Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 1060

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English police.

Noun

polis

1. police

Etymology 2

From English polish.

Noun

polis

1. polish

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پولیس (polis), from French police.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈlis/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: po‧lis

Noun

polis (definite accusative polisi, plural polisler)

1. (collectively) police (an organisation that enforces the law)
   • 1933, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Bursa Nutku‎^[4]:

     Türk genci, devrimlerin ve rejimin sahip ve bekçisidir. Bunların lüzumuna, doğruluğuna herkesten çok inanmıştır; rejimi ve inkılapları benimsemiştir. Bunları zayıf düşürecek en küçük veya en büyük bir kıpırtı ve bir hareket duydu mu "Bu memleketin polisi vardır, jandarması vardır, ordusu vardır, adliyesi vardır." demeyecektir; hemen müdahale edecektir. Elle, taşla, sopa ve silahla; nesi varsa onunla kendi eserini koruyacaktır.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (specifically) police officer

   Synonyms: aynasız, polis memuru

Usage notes

• This term is gender-neutral.

Declension

Declension of polis

singular plural nominative polis polisler definite accusative polisi polisleri dative polise polislere locative poliste polislerde ablative polisten polislerden genitive polisin polislerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular polisim polislerim 2nd singular polisin polislerin 3rd singular polisi polisleri 1st plural polisimiz polislerimiz 2nd plural polisiniz polisleriniz 3rd plural polisleri polisleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular polisimi polislerimi 2nd singular polisini polislerini 3rd singular polisini polislerini 1st plural polisimizi polislerimizi 2nd plural polisinizi polislerinizi 3rd plural polislerini polislerini dative singular plural 1st singular polisime polislerime 2nd singular polisine polislerine 3rd singular polisine polislerine 1st plural polisimize polislerimize 2nd plural polisinize polislerinize 3rd plural polislerine polislerine locative singular plural 1st singular polisimde polislerimde 2nd singular polisinde polislerinde 3rd singular polisinde polislerinde 1st plural polisimizde polislerimizde 2nd plural polisinizde polislerinizde 3rd plural polislerinde polislerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular polisimden polislerimden 2nd singular polisinden polislerinden 3rd singular polisinden polislerinden 1st plural polisimizden polislerimizden 2nd plural polisinizden polislerinizden 3rd plural polislerinden polislerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular polisimin polislerimin 2nd singular polisinin polislerinin 3rd singular polisinin polislerinin 1st plural polisimizin polislerimizin 2nd plural polisinizin polislerinizin 3rd plural polislerinin polislerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular polisim polislerim 2nd singular polissin polislersin 3rd singular polis polistir polisler polislerdir 1st plural polisiz polisleriz 2nd plural polissiniz polislersiniz 3rd plural polisler polislerdir