"police" meaning in French

See police in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɔ.lis/ Audio: Fr-police.ogg Forms: polices [plural]
Rhymes: -is Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin polītīa (“state, government”), from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|LL.|polītīa||state, government}} Borrowed from Late Latin polītīa (“state, government”), {{der|fr|grc|πολιτεία}} Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} police f (plural polices)
  1. police Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-police-fr-noun-E2b6xxFG
  2. (Quebec, colloquial) cop (police officer) Tags: Quebec, colloquial, feminine Categories (topical): Law enforcement Synonyms: flic, gendarme, keuf, policier
    Sense id: en-police-fr-noun-NYT9ZNyO Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 1 40 6 5 25 23 Categories (other): Quebec French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antenne de police, police de l’air et des frontières, police des mœurs, police judiciaire Related terms: policier, policière
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /pɔ.lis/ Audio: Fr-police.ogg Forms: polices [plural]
Rhymes: -is Etymology: Borrowed from Italian polizza. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|it|polizza}} Borrowed from Italian polizza Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} police f (plural polices)
  1. (insurance) policy Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Insurance
    Sense id: en-police-fr-noun-gjQS0erL Topics: business, insurance
  2. (typography) fount, font Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-police-fr-noun-GzyviTVD Topics: media, publishing, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: police d’écriture
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /pɔ.lis/ Audio: Fr-police.ogg
Rhymes: -is Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} police
  1. inflection of policer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: policer
    Sense id: en-police-fr-verb-3XHlQS1s Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 29 6 14 40 10
  2. inflection of policer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: policer
    Sense id: en-police-fr-verb-dofhygSf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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}

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