policia

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [pu.liˈsi.ə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [po.liˈsi.ə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [po.liˈsi.a] Rhymes: -ia === Noun === policia f (uncountable) police === Noun === policia m or f by sense (plural policies) policeman, policewoman ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “policia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “policia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “policia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “policia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== policia inflection of policiar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== policia f (plural policias) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of polícia