polis
Papiamentu
noun
Definitions
- police
- policeman
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian policía (police officer, policeman) derived from Portuguese polícia derived from Dutch, Flemish politie (police).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
politie
Gloss
police
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- policy English
- politīa Latin
- polītīa Latin
- oproerpolitie Dutch, Flemish
- politie Dutch, Flemish
- politieagent Dutch, Flemish
- politieagente Dutch, Flemish
- politieauto Dutch, Flemish
- politiebureau Dutch, Flemish
- politiegeweld Dutch, Flemish
- politiehond Dutch, Flemish
- politieman Dutch, Flemish
- politiestaat Dutch, Flemish
- politiewagen Dutch, Flemish
- rijkspolitie Dutch, Flemish
- matapolicías Spanish, Castilian
- policial Spanish, Castilian
- policía Spanish, Castilian
- policíaco Spanish, Castilian
- antipolícia Portuguese
- polícia Portuguese
- pelpolisi Indonesian
- polisi Indonesian
- policie Middle Dutch
- polisie Afrikaans
- pulisya Tagalog
- plysje Western Frisian
- pulisya Bikol Central
- puluzia Chayuco Mixtec