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police

/pəˈlis/puh-LEES
/pəˈlis/puh-LEES

Meaningcivil government

Common meaning: the force that keeps public order

Journey through time

  1. Latinpolitia‘government’source
  2. Frenchpolice‘civil government’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftscivil government → the force that keeps public orderpolice‘the force that keeps public order’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin politia ‘civil government’.

Roots

  • politia Latin “civil government”

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