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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.ə.si/
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• General-American, dialectal: /ˈpɑ.lə.si/ of Canada
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From Middle English policie, from Old French policie, pollicie and police, from Late Latin politia (“citizenship; government”), classical Latin polītīa (in Cicero), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía, “citizenship; polis, (city) state; government”), from πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”). Doublet of police, polis (“police”), and polity.

From Middle French police, from Italian polizza, from Medieval Latin apodissa (“receipt for money”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis, “proof, declaration”). Doublet of apodixis.

161 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: politikë — principle of conduct
• Arabic: سِيَاسَة (siyāsa) — principle of conduct
• Armenian: քաղաքականություն (kʻaġakʻakanutʻyun) — principle of conduct
• Azerbaijani: siyasət — principle of conduct
• Azerbaijani: politika — principle of conduct
• Belarusian: палі́тыка (palítyka) — principle of conduct
• Bengali: নীতি (niti) — principle of conduct
• Bulgarian: поли́тика (polítika) — principle of conduct
• Burmese: ပေါ်လစီ (paula.ci) — principle of conduct
• Catalan: política — principle of conduct
• Chinese Cantonese: 政策 — principle of conduct
• Chinese Cantonese: 方針 /方针 (fong1 zam1) — principle of conduct
• Chinese Mandarin: 政策 (zhèngcè) — principle of conduct
• Chinese Mandarin: 方針 /方针 (fāngzhēn) — principle of conduct
• Czech: politika — principle of conduct
• Danish: politik — principle of conduct
• Dutch: beleid — principle of conduct
• Esperanto: politiko — principle of conduct
• Estonian: poliitika — principle of conduct
• Evenki: dasni bodogong — principle of conduct
• Finnish: käytäntö — principle of conduct
• Finnish: politiikka — principle of conduct
• Finnish: linja — principle of conduct
• French: politique — principle of conduct
• Galician: política — principle of conduct
• Georgian: პოლიტიკა (ṗoliṭiḳa) — principle of conduct
• Georgian: პოლიტიკური კურსი (ṗoliṭiḳuri ḳursi) — principle of conduct
• German: Politik — principle of conduct
• German: Handlungsgrundsatz — principle of conduct
• German: Vorgehensweise — principle of conduct
• German: Verfahrensweise — principle of conduct
• German: Richtlinie — principle of conduct
• Greek: πολιτική (politikí) — principle of conduct
• Hebrew: מְדִינִיּוּת (m'diniyút) — principle of conduct
• Hindi: नीति (nīti) — principle of conduct
• Hindi: पालिसी (pālisī) — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: politika — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: irányelv — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: alapelv — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: vezérelv — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: elv — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: előírás — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: szabályzat — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: szabály — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: irányvonal — principle of conduct
• Hungarian: célkitűzés — principle of conduct
• Icelandic: stefna — principle of conduct
• Indonesian: kebijakan — principle of conduct
• Irish: beartas — principle of conduct
• Irish: polasaí — principle of conduct
• Italian: politica — principle of conduct
• Japanese: 政策 (seisaku) — principle of conduct
• Japanese: 施策 (sisaku) — principle of conduct
• Japanese: ポリシー (porishī) — principle of conduct
• Kazakh: саясат (saäsat) — principle of conduct
• Kazakh: политика (politika) — principle of conduct
• Khmer: នយោបាយ (nĕəʼyoobaay) — principle of conduct
• Korean: 정책 (jeongchaek) — principle of conduct
• Kyrgyz: саясат (sayasat) — principle of conduct
• Kyrgyz: политика (politika) — principle of conduct
• Lao: ນະໂຍບາຍ (na nyō bāi) — principle of conduct
• Latvian: politika — principle of conduct
• Lithuanian: politika — principle of conduct
• Lü: ᦟᦱᦋᦅᦸᧂ (laatskoang) — principle of conduct
• Macedonian: политика (politika) — principle of conduct
• Malay: polisi — principle of conduct
• Maltese: politika — principle of conduct
• Māori: kaupapahere — principle of conduct
• Mongolian: бодлого (bodlogo) — principle of conduct
• Norwegian Bokmål: politikk — principle of conduct
• Norwegian Nynorsk: politikk — principle of conduct
• Occitan: politica — principle of conduct
• Pashto: سياست (seyāsát) — principle of conduct
• Dari: سِیَاسَت (siyāsat) — principle of conduct
• Iranian Persian: سِیاسَت (siyâsat) — principle of conduct
• Polish: polityka — principle of conduct
• Portuguese: política — principle of conduct
• Romanian: politică — principle of conduct
• Russian: поли́тика (polítika) — principle of conduct
• Russian: ли́ния (línija) — principle of conduct
• Russian: курс (kurs) — principle of conduct
• Sanskrit: नीति (nīti) — principle of conduct
• Serbo-Croatian: полиса — principle of conduct
• Serbo-Croatian: политика — principle of conduct
• Serbo-Croatian: polisa — principle of conduct
• Serbo-Croatian: polica — principle of conduct
• Slovak: politika — principle of conduct
• Slovene: politika — principle of conduct
• Spanish: política — principle of conduct
• Spanish: norma — principle of conduct
• Swahili: sera — principle of conduct
• Swedish: politik — principle of conduct
• Tajik: сиёсат (siyosat) — principle of conduct
• Tamil: கொள்கை (koḷkai) — principle of conduct
• Thai: นโยบาย (ná-yoo-baai) — principle of conduct
• Tibetan: སྲིད་ཇུས (srid jus) — principle of conduct
• Tibetan: སྲིད་བྱུས (srid byus) — principle of conduct
• Turkmen: syýasat — principle of conduct
• Turkmen: politika — principle of conduct
• Ukrainian: полі́тика (polítyka) — principle of conduct
• Urdu: سِیاسَت (siyāsat) — principle of conduct
• Urdu: حِکْمَتِ عَمَلی (hikmat-i 'amalī) — principle of conduct
• Uyghur: سىياسەت (siyaset) — principle of conduct
• Uyghur: فاڭجېن (fangjën) — principle of conduct
• Uzbek: siyosat — principle of conduct
• Uzbek: politika — principle of conduct
• Vietnamese: chính sách — principle of conduct
• Wolaytta: polisiya — principle of conduct
• Yiddish: פּאָליטיק (politik) — principle of conduct
• Bulgarian: полити́чност (politíčnost) — prudent conduct
• Chinese Mandarin: 方針 /方针 (fāngzhēn) — prudent conduct
• Czech: politika — prudent conduct
• Dutch: tactiek — prudent conduct
• Dutch: voorzichtigheid — prudent conduct
• Finnish: linja — prudent conduct
• Finnish: politiikka — prudent conduct
• Galician: política — prudent conduct
• German: Geschicklichkeit — prudent conduct
• German: Umsicht — prudent conduct
• German: Vorsicht — prudent conduct
• Hungarian: körültekintés — prudent conduct
• Hungarian: elővigyázatosság — prudent conduct
• Hungarian: óvatosság — prudent conduct
• Hungarian: gondosság — prudent conduct
• Hungarian: elővigyázat — prudent conduct
• Japanese: 方針 (hōshin) — prudent conduct
• Japanese: ポリシー (porishī) — prudent conduct
• Portuguese: política — prudent conduct
• Russian: поли́тика (polítika) — prudent conduct
• Spanish: política — prudent conduct
• Swahili: sera — prudent conduct
• Tamil: கொள்கை (koḷkai) — prudent conduct
• Arabic: سَنَد تَأْمِين (sanad taʔmīn) — law: insurance document
• Arabic: بوليسة تَأْمِين (bolīset taʔmīn) — law: insurance document
• Bulgarian: полица (polica) — law: insurance document
• Catalan: pòlissa — law: insurance document
• Czech: pojistka — law: insurance document
• Dutch: polis — law: insurance document
• Dutch: verzekeringscontract — law: insurance document
• Esperanto: poliso — law: insurance document
• Finnish: vakuutuskirja — law: insurance document
• French: police — law: insurance document
• German: Versicherungspolice — law: insurance document
• German: Police — law: insurance document
• Greek: ασφάλεια (asfáleia) — law: insurance document
• Hungarian: kötvény — law: insurance document
• Hungarian: biztosítási kötvény — law: insurance document
• Irish: polasaí — law: insurance document
• Italian: polizza — law: insurance document
• Japanese: 契約内容 (kēyaku naiyō) — law: insurance document
• Japanese: 規約 (kiyaku) — law: insurance document
• Norwegian Bokmål: polise — law: insurance document
• Norwegian Nynorsk: polise — law: insurance document
• Polish: polisa — law: insurance document
• Portuguese: apólice — law: insurance document
• Russian: по́лис (pólis) — law: insurance document
• Spanish: póliza — law: insurance document
• Swahili: sera — law: insurance document
• Thai: กรมธรรม์ (grom-má-tan) — law: insurance document
• Turkish: poliçe — law: insurance document
• Swahili: sera — illegal daily US lottery