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/kɔ.mi.sa.ʁja/
Translation
police station
Word origin
From commissaire, from Medieval Latin commissarius ('one entrusted with a task'), from committere ('to entrust').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- commissarius
- English cognates
- commissariat, commissioner
Grammar
Examples
au .
He spent the night at the police station.
.
The city's police stations are open at night.
au .
She went to the police station to make a complaint.
l'.
This police station is behind the church.
l' .
Two police stations closed last year.
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