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/pɔ.li.sje/
Translation
police officer, policeman
Word origin
From police plus the agent suffix -ier. Police itself comes from Latin politia ('civil administration'), from Greek politeia ('citizenship, government'), built on polis ('city').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- politia
- English cognates
- police, policy, politics
Grammar
Examples
au carrefour.
A police officer in uniform was directing the traffic at the junction.
.
The police officers questioned three witnesses this morning.
policière Marseille.
She has been a police officer in Marseille for eight years.
au -, .
Ask the officer over there, he knows the area well.
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He reads nothing but detective novels before going to sleep.
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