policja

== Polish == === Alternative forms === policyja (Middle Polish) policya (pre-reform orthography (1816)) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin polītīa, influenced by French police. First attested in 1525. Compare Silesian policyjŏ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔˈli.t͡sja/ Rhymes: -it͡sja Syllabification: po‧li‧cja === Noun === policja f (related adjective policyjny) (law enforcement) police (public agency charged with enforcing laws and maintaining public order, usually being granted special privileges to do so) Synonym: (historical) milicja (metonymic) police (building of such an agency) Synonym: (historical) milicja (metonymic) police (people who work in such an organization) Synonym: (historical) milicja (metonymic, rare) police (activities of such an agency) Synonym: (historical) milicja (obsolete, politics) politics (art of controling a nation) Synonym: polityka (obsolete) decency, politeness (obsolete) public order (Middle Polish) administration, management (Middle Polish) country, nation (Middle Polish) republic Synonym: republika (Middle Polish) lifestyle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Belarusian: палі́цыя (palícyja) → Kashubian: pòlicjô → Russian: поли́ция (polícija) → Ukrainian: полі́ція (polícija) === References === === Further reading === “policja”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “policja”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) policja in PWN's encyclopedia Paweł Kupiszewski (25.03.2019), “POLICYJA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “policja”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “policja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “policja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 532 Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “policja”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[3] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “policja”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN