English

Proper noun

Polis

1. A surname​.
   • 1973 January 31, Ken Fathers, “Schmautz Gets Winner, Polis The Car”, in The Windsor Star, page 33:

     Don't even think about the odds that Bobby Schmautz of Vancouver Canucks would score the winning goal or that Greg Polis of Pittsburgh Penguins would win the car.

   • 1973 May 2, Associated Press, “Carol Polis loves judging those bouts”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune, page 3C:

     Carol Polis, who figures she's the world's only lady boxing judge, is having the time of her life— but two things bother her a bit.

   • 2009 August 10, Associated Press, “Colo. delegation votes party lines on hate crime”, in KXRM, www.coloradoconnection.com:

     Jared Polis of Boulder is the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a non-incumbent.

See also

• polis

Latvian

Etymology

polis

Proper noun

Polis m

1. A patronymic surname​.

English

Noun

polis ‎(plural poleis or polises)

1. (historical) A Greek city-state.
   • 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 161:

     By the end of the century, poleis had been established throughout the Hellenic world, all bearing a marked family resemblance.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Standard English police, compare Scots polis.

Alternative forms

• pollis

Noun

polis ‎(countable and uncountable, plural polises)

1. (uncountable, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie) The police.
2. (countable, Scotland, Ireland, Geordie) A police officer.

Synonyms

• (the police): See Wikisaurus:police
• (police officer): See Wikisaurus:police officer

References

• Oxford Dictionaries Online. "polis". 2015.
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Anagrams

• spoil

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Noun

polis

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Italian polizza, from Latin apodixa, from Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις ‎(apódeixis, “proof”), from ἀποδείκνυμι ‎(apodeíknumi, “I prove”).

Noun

polis c ‎(plural polissen, diminutive polisje n)

1. insurance policy

French

Verb

polis

1. first-person singular present indicative of polir
2. second-person singular present indicative of polir
3. first-person singular past historic of polir
4. second-person singular past historic of polir
5. second-person singular imperative of polir

Participle

polis

1. masculine plural of the past participle of polir

Adjective

polis

1. masculine plural of poli

Anagrams

• poils

Latin

Noun

polīs

1. dative plural of polus
2. ablative plural of polus

References

• POLIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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 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

Latvian

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pūōlis]

Noun

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

Declension

Related terms

• Polija
• polisks
• poļu valoda

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “polis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Papiamentu

Noun

polis

1. police

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolɪs/

Etymology 1

From the French police.

Noun

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 **** off.

Etymology 2

Adjective

polis

1. Polish

Verb

polis

1. polish
2. adorn, beautify

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lis/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

polis f ‎(plural polis)

1. polis

Etymology 2

Noun

polis m pl, f pl

1. plural of poli

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

polis c

1. police (as an organization or as an individual)

Declension

Related terms

Synonyms

• byling
• farbror blå
• snut

References

• polis in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English police.

Noun

polis

1. police

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French police.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

polis ‎(definite accusative polisi, plural polisler)

1. police (an organisation that enforces the law)
2. police (member of the police force)

Declension

Usage notes

• This term is gender-neutral.

Synonyms

• aynasız