Where the Romanian word “poliție” comes from
From a neighbouring Slavic language.
- DEX ’98 says
Din rus. polițija.
→ Neighbouring Slavic languages · DEX '98- Wiktionary says
- French (a different language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French police ← Italian polizia ← Russian полиция
- In film dialogue
- 356 times per million words · number 291 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 81 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 41 48 53 62 74 - Swap in a synonym
- control (French), polițist (German), secție (Neighbouring Slavic languages), pază (Made in Romanian), supraveghere (Made in Romanian), miliție (Learned Latin)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
More words from the same layer
da, școală, grijă, păstra, rus, obicei, ciudat, ba, grozav, ofițer, graniță, raion