Phrase guide

police dog

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A dog trained and employed by the police to pursue suspects or sniff out contraband.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of German shepherd.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: German shepherd

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any dog trained to assist police especially in tracking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: working dog

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: polisiehond — trained dog for police work
  • Arabic: كَلْب بُولِيسِيّ (kalb būlīsiyy) — trained dog for police work
  • Belarusian: паліцэйскі сабака (palicejski sabaka) — trained dog for police work
  • Belarusian: міліцэйскі сабака (milicejski sabaka) — trained dog for police work
  • Catalan: gos policia — trained dog for police work
  • Chinese Mandarin: 警犬 (jǐngquǎn) — trained dog for police work
  • Danish: politihund — trained dog for police work
  • Dutch: politiehond — trained dog for police work
  • Esperanto: polica hundo — trained dog for police work
  • Esperanto: polichundo — trained dog for police work
  • Finnish: poliisikoira — trained dog for police work
  • French: chien policier — trained dog for police work
  • West-Frisian: plysjehûn — trained dog for police work
  • German: Diensthund — trained dog for police work
  • German: Polizeihund — trained dog for police work
  • German: Polizeihündin — trained dog for police work
  • Hebrew: כֶּלֶב מִשְׁטָרָה (kelev mishtará) — trained dog for police work
  • Hungarian: rendőrkutya — trained dog for police work
  • Icelandic: lögregluhundur — trained dog for police work
  • Indonesian: anjing polisi — trained dog for police work
  • Japanese: 警察犬 (keisatsuken) — trained dog for police work
  • Korean: 경찰견 (gyeongchalgyeon) — trained dog for police work
  • Macedonian: полициско куче (policisko kuče) — trained dog for police work
  • Macedonian: воено куче (voeno kuče) — trained dog for police work
  • Malay: انجيڠ ڤوليس — trained dog for police work
  • Malay: anjing polis — trained dog for police work
  • Norwegian: politihund — trained dog for police work
  • Norwegian Bokmål: politihund — trained dog for police work
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: politihund — trained dog for police work
  • Persian: سگ پلیس — trained dog for police work
  • Polish: pies policyjny — trained dog for police work
  • Portuguese: cão policial — trained dog for police work
  • Portuguese: cão-polícia — trained dog for police work
  • Romanian: câine polițist — trained dog for police work
  • Russian: полице́йская соба́ка (policéjskaja sobáka) — trained dog for police work
  • Russian: милице́йская соба́ка (milicéjskaja sobáka) — trained dog for police work
  • Russian: служе́бная соба́ка (služébnaja sobáka) — trained dog for police work
  • Serbo-Croatian: полицијски пас — trained dog for police work
  • Serbo-Croatian: policijski pas — trained dog for police work
  • Spanish: perro policía — trained dog for police work
  • Spanish: perro policial — trained dog for police work
  • Swahili: mbwa wa polisi — trained dog for police work
  • Swedish: polishund — trained dog for police work
  • Turkish: polis köpeği — trained dog for police work
  • Vietnamese: cảnh khuyển — trained dog for police work