politie

See also: poliție

Dutch

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch policie, from Middle French policie.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

politie f (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

Middle French

Noun

politie f (plural polities)

  1. Alternative form of policie

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

politie f (plural politii)

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

Declension

See also

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