polis

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

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

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.

• -polis

Borrowed from Scots polis. Doublet of police.

• pollis

polis (countable and uncountable, plural polises)

1. (uncountable, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie) The police.
   • 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.

• Oxford Dictionaries Online. "polis". 2015.
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Other scripts

Cyrillic		полис
Abjad		پولیس

• IPA^(key): [poˈlis]

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• Hyphenation: pol‧is

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 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

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

polis

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

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

polis f

1. polis (ancient Greek city-state)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.lɪs/

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• Hyphenation: po‧lis

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

polis f (plural polissen, diminutive polisje n)

1. insurance policy
2. insurance plan

• verzekeringspolis
• woekerpolis

• → Indonesian: polis

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

polis f (plural poleis)

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

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

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

polis

1. (historical) A Greek 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 – –

• (general) kaupunkivaltio

• -polis
• politiikka

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polis

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

polis m pl

1. masculine plural of the past participle of polir

polis

1. masculine plural of poli

• poils

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• IPA^(key): /polɪs/
• Hyphenation: po‧lis

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

polis (first-person possessive polisku, second-person possessive polismu, third-person possessive polisnya)

1. insurance policy

• berpolis

polis (first-person possessive polisku, second-person possessive polismu, third-person possessive polisnya)

1. nonstandard form of poles.

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay polis.

• “polis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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(deprecated template usage) polīs

1. dative/ablative plural of polus

• polis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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

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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”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [pūōlis]

polis m (2nd declension, feminine form: 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

• Polija
• polisks
• poļu valoda

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

polis (plural polis-polis, informal 1st possessive polisku, 2nd possessive polismu, 3rd possessive polisnya)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, Riau) police, a civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order.

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.

• polisi (Indonesia esp. Riau)

• serdadu (Southern Thailand)

• anggota polis (“police officer”)
• balai polis (“police station”)
• kereta polis (“police car”)

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polis (plural polis-polis, informal 1st possessive polisku, 2nd possessive polismu, 3rd possessive polisnya)

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

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From Spanish policía and Portuguese polícia and Dutch politie.

polis

1. police
2. policeman

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polis

1. police
2. willy wagtail

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis).

polis n (plural polisuri)

1. polis

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpolɪs/

From the French police.

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 1991:

     ‘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.'

   • 2007, Sheena Blackhall, The Quarry, Lochlands 2007:

     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.

   • 2013, Donal McLaughlin, translating Pedro Lenz, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books 2013, p. 51:

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

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

polis

1. Polish

polis

1. polish
2. adorn, beautify

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

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

polis m pl or f pl

1. plural of poli

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

polis f (plural polis)

1. polis

• “polis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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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”)

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

• snut
• byling (dated)

• polis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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From English police.

polis

1. police

From English polish.

polis

1. polish

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

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

polis (definite accusative polisi, plural polisler)

1. police (an organisation that enforces the law)
2. police officer

• This term is gender-neutral.

Inflection
Nominative	polis
Definite accusative	polisi
	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

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