Phrase guide

police station

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cophouse, cop shop, kotwali, Irish clubhouse

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a station that serves as headquarters for police in a particular district; serves as a place from which policemen are dispatched and to which arrested persons are brought

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: police headquarters, station house

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: station

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Across languages

Translations

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: polisiestasie — building of police force
  • Albanian: stacion i policisë — building of police force
  • Arabic: مَرْكَز شُرْطَة (markaz šurṭa) — building of police force
  • Arabic: مَرْكِز شُرْطَة (markiz šurṭa) — building of police force
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬ ܫܘܼܪܛܵܐ (bēt šurṭa) — building of police force
  • Armenian: ոստիկանական բաժանմունք (ostikanakan bažanmunkʻ) — building of police force
  • Azerbaijani: polis bölməsi — building of police force
  • Azerbaijani: polis şöbəsi — building of police force
  • Azerbaijani: polis idarəsi — building of police force
  • Basque: komisarian — building of police force
  • Basque: komisaldegi — building of police force
  • Basque: polizia-etxe — building of police force
  • Belarusian: паліцэ́йскі ўча́стак (palicéjski wčástak) — building of police force
  • Bengali: থানা (thana) — building of police force
  • Bulgarian: полице́йски уча́стък (policéjski učástǎk) — building of police force
  • Burmese: ရဲစခန်း (rai:ca.hkan:) — building of police force
  • Catalan: comissaria — building of police force
  • Catalan: comissaria de policia — building of police force
  • Chinese Cantonese: 差館 /差馆 (caai1 gun2) — building of police force
  • Chinese Mandarin: 警察局 (jǐngchájú) — building of police force
  • Chinese Mandarin: 派出所 (pàichūsuǒ) — building of police force
  • Chinese Mandarin: 警察署 (jǐngcháshǔ, jǐngcháshù) — building of police force
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公安局 (gōng'ānjú) — building of police force
  • Chinese Mandarin: 警局 (jǐngjú) — building of police force
  • Czech: policejní stanice — building of police force
  • Danish: politistation — building of police force
  • Central Dusun: balai pulis — building of police force
  • Dutch: politiebureau — building of police force
  • Esperanto: policejo — building of police force
  • Estonian: politseijaoskond — building of police force
  • Finnish: poliisiasema — building of police force
  • French: commissariat de police — building of police force
  • French: office de police — building of police force
  • French: poste de police — building of police force
  • French: bureau de police — building of police force
  • French: hôtel de police — building of police force
  • Galician: comisaría — building of police force
  • Georgian: პოლიციის განყოფილება (ṗoliciis ganq̇opileba) — building of police force
  • German: Polizeiwache — building of police force
  • German: Polizeidienststelle — building of police force
  • German: Polizeirevier — building of police force
  • German: Polizeistation — building of police force
  • German: Polizeipräsidium — building of police force
  • Greek: αστυνομικό τμήμα (astynomikó tmíma) — building of police force
  • Greenlandic: politeeqarfik — building of police force
  • Hawaiian: halemākaʻi — building of police force
  • Hebrew: תַּחֲנַת מִשְׁטָרָה (takhanát mishtará) — building of police force
  • Hindi: थाना (thānā) — building of police force
  • Hindi: कोतवाली (kotvālī) — building of police force
  • Hindi: पुलिस स्टेशन (pulis sṭeśan) — building of police force
  • Hungarian: rendőrőrs — building of police force
  • Hungarian: rendőrkapitányság — building of police force
  • Hungarian: rendőrőrszoba — building of police force
  • Hungarian: őrszoba — building of police force
  • Hungarian: rendőrség — building of police force
  • Hungarian: kapitányság — building of police force
  • Icelandic: lögreglustöð — building of police force
  • Ido: policeyo — building of police force
  • Indonesian: kantor polisi — building of police force
  • Irish: stáisiún na bpéas — building of police force
  • Irish: stáisiún na bpóilíní — building of police force
  • Irish: stáisiún na nGardaí — building of police force
  • Italian: commissariato — building of police force
  • Italian: stazione di polizia — building of police force
  • Japanese: 警察署 (keisatsusho) — building of police force
  • Japanese: 交番 (kōban) — building of police force
  • Kazakh: полиция бөлімшесі (polisiä bölımşesı) — building of police force
  • Korean: 경찰서 (gyeongchalseo) — building of police force
  • Korean: 파출소 (pachulso) — building of police force
  • Latvian: policijas iecirknis — building of police force
  • Lithuanian: policijos nuovada — building of police force
  • Macedonian: полициска станица (policiska stanica) — building of police force
  • Malay: balai polis — building of police force
  • Maltese: għassa tal-pulizija — building of police force
  • Māori: whare pirihimana — building of police force
  • Niuean: fale leoleo — building of police force
  • Norwegian Bokmål: politikammer — building of police force
  • Norwegian Bokmål: politistasjon — building of police force
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: politikammer — building of police force
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: politistasjon — building of police force
  • Iranian Persian: ایسْتْگاهِ پُلیس (istgâh-e polis) — building of police force
  • Iranian Persian: کَلانْتَری (kalântari) — building of police force
  • Iranian Persian: کُمیسِری (komiseri) — building of police force
  • Polish: komisariat — building of police force
  • Polish: posterunek policji — building of police force
  • Polish: komenda policji — building of police force
  • Portuguese: delegacia de polícia — building of police force
  • Portuguese: esquadra — building of police force
  • Portuguese: estação de polícia — building of police force
  • Romanian: secție de poliție — building of police force
  • Russian: полице́йский уча́сток (policéjskij učástok) — building of police force
  • Russian: отделе́ние поли́ции (otdelénije polícii) — building of police force
  • Scottish Gaelic: stèisean poileis — building of police force
  • Serbo-Croatian: полицијска станица — building of police force
  • Serbo-Croatian: policijska stanica — building of police force
  • Slovak: policajná stanica — building of police force
  • Slovene: policijska postaja — building of police force
  • Lower Sorbian: policajska stacija — building of police force
  • Spanish: comisaría — building of police force
  • Spanish: comisaría de policía — building of police force
  • Spanish: estación policiaca — building of police force
  • Spanish: comisaría policíaca — building of police force
  • Spanish: estación policial — building of police force
  • Sranan Tongo: skowtu-oso — building of police force
  • Swahili: kituo cha polisi — building of police force
  • Swedish: polisstation — building of police force
  • Swedish: polishus — building of police force
  • Tamil: காவல் நிலையம் (kāval nilaiyam) — building of police force
  • Thai: สถานีตํารวจ (sà-tǎa-nii dtam-rùuat) — building of police force
  • Thai: โรงพัก (roong-pák) — building of police force
  • Turkish: polis merkezi — building of police force
  • Turkish: karakol — building of police force
  • Turkish: polis karakolu — building of police force
  • Ukrainian: поліце́йська дільни́ця (policéjsʹka dilʹnýcja) — building of police force
  • Ukrainian: поліце́йський ві́дділок (policéjsʹkyj víddilok) — building of police force
  • Urdu: تھانَہ (thāna) — building of police force
  • Urdu: پُولِس اِسْٹیشَن (pūlis isṭeśan) — building of police force
  • Uyghur: پەيچۇسو (peychuso) — building of police force
  • Uzbek: politsiya mahkamasi — building of police force
  • Uzbek: politsiya boʻlimi — building of police force
  • Vietnamese: đồn cảnh sát — building of police force
  • Vietnamese: đồn công an — building of police force
  • Welsh: gorsafoedd heddlu — building of police force
  • Yoruba: àgọ́ ọlọ́pàá — building of police force