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police
English
Etymology
From Middle French police, from Latin pol?t?a (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (politeía). Doublet of policy and polity.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, General American, Scotland) IPA(key): /p??li?s/, [p????li?s]
- (England, colloquial) IPA(key): /?pli?s/
- (Southern American English, AAVE) IPA(key): /?po?.li?s/
- Rhymes: -i?s
- Hyphenation: po?lice
Noun
police pl (normally plural, singular police)
- A civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order. [from 18th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police
- (regional, chiefly US, Caribbean, Jamaican, Scotland) A police officer. [from 19th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer
- (figuratively) People who seek to enforce norms or standards.
- (military, slang) The duty of cleaning up.
- 1907, Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, concerning the Affray at Brownsville, Tex. on the Night of August 13 and 14, 1906 (volume 2)
- Q. […] What did you do that day? — A. I was cleaning up around quarters.
Q. You had been on guard and went on police duty? You were policing, cleaning up around the barracks? — A. Yes, sir.
- Q. […] What did you do that day? — A. I was cleaning up around quarters.
- 1907, Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, concerning the Affray at Brownsville, Tex. on the Night of August 13 and 14, 1906 (volume 2)
- (obsolete) Policy. [15th-19th c.]
- (obsolete) Communal living; civilization. [16th-19th c.]
- (now rare, historical) The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc. [from 17th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Greta Nation, Penguin 2003, page 218:
- The notion of ‘police’ – that is, rational administration – was seen as a historical force which could bring civilized improvement to societies.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Greta Nation, Penguin 2003, page 218:
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
police (third-person singular simple present polices, present participle policing, simple past and past participle policed)
- (transitive) To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
- (transitive, intransitive, military, slang) To clean up an area.
- 1900, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Proceedings of the eighth annual meeting
- This comes to him through the company housekeeping, for in the field each organization takes care of itself, cooks its own food, makes its own beds, does its own policing (cleaning up); […]
- 1907, Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, concerning the Affray at Brownsville, Tex. on the Night of August 13 and 14, 1906 (volume 2)
- Q. […] What did you do that day? — A. I was cleaning up around quarters.
Q. You had been on guard and went on police duty? You were policing, cleaning up around the barracks? — A. Yes, sir.
- Q. […] What did you do that day? — A. I was cleaning up around quarters.
- 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)
- ELIAS: Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks.
- 2006, Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby, Putnam, ?ISBN, page 275,
- "Fire off several rounds in a residential building and stop to police the brass?"
- 1900, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States, Proceedings of the eighth annual meeting
- (transitive, figuratively) To enforce norms or standards upon.
- to police a person's identity
Derived terms
- self-police
- tone policing
Anagrams
- ecilop
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pol?t?s?/
Noun
police f
- shelf (a structure)
Declension
Derived terms
- poli?ka
Further reading
- police in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- police in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Via Middle French police and Italian polizza from Ancient Greek ????????? (apódeixis, “proof”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [p?o?li?s?]
Noun
police c (singular definite policen, plural indefinite policer)
- policy (an insurance contract)
Inflection
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?.lis/
- Rhymes: -is
Etymology 1
From Late Latin pol?t?a (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (politeía).
Noun
police f (plural polices)
- police
- Coordinate terms: gendarmerie, sûreté
- (Quebec, colloquial) cop (police officer)
- Synonyms: flic, gendarme, keuf, policier
Derived terms
Related terms
- policier
- policière
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian polizza.
Noun
police f (plural polices)
- (insurance) policy
- (typography) fount, font
Derived terms
- police d'écriture
Descendants
- ? German: Police
- ? Turkish: polis
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
police
- first-person singular present indicative of policer
- third-person singular present indicative of policer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of policer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of policer
- second-person singular imperative of policer
Anagrams
- picole, picolé
Further reading
- “police” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin politia.
Noun
police f (plural polices)
- governance; management
- 1577, Jean d'Ogerolles, Discours sur la contagion de peste qui a esté ceste presente annee en la ville de Lyon, front cover
- contenant les causes d'icelle, l'ordre, moyen et police tenue pour en purger, nettoyer et delivrer la ville (subheading)
- containing the causes, the order, means and management employed to purge, clean and deliver the city
- contenant les causes d'icelle, l'ordre, moyen et police tenue pour en purger, nettoyer et delivrer la ville (subheading)
- 1577, Jean d'Ogerolles, Discours sur la contagion de peste qui a esté ceste presente annee en la ville de Lyon, front cover
Related terms
- policie
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin politia.
Noun
police f (uncountable)
- (Jersey) police
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
police
- inflection of polica:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?lit?s?/
Noun
police
- nominative plural of polica
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courts
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??ts/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??ts/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko(?)?ts/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko?ts/
- Rhymes: -??(?)ts
Noun
courts
- plural of court
Verb
courts
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of court
Anagrams
- Crouts, Curtos, Turcos, scruto, tuscor
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku?/
Adjective
courts
- masculine plural of court
- Ses cours sont trop courts. - His lessons are too short.
Noun
courts m
- plural of court
- Notre complexe dispose de plusieurs courts de tennis.
Anagrams
- surcot
Norman
Adjective
courts
- masculine plural of court
Walloon
Adjective
courts
- masculine plural of court
courts From the web:
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