policial
English
Etymology
police + -ial
Adjective
policial (not comparable)
- (archaic) Relating to the police.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter
- [W]here the case is of importance—or, what amounts to the same thing in the policial eyes, when the reward is of magnitude, the qualities in question have never been known to fail.
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter
Catalan
Etymology
policia + -al
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /po.li.siˈal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pu.li.siˈal/
Adjective
policial (masculine and feminine plural policials)
- relating to the police
- Synonym: policíac
Derived terms
- brutalitat policial
Further reading
- “policial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “policial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “policial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pu.li.siˈaw/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.liˈsjal/
- Hyphenation: po‧li‧ci‧al
Adjective
policial m or f (plural policiais)
- (relational) police
Noun
policial m or f by sense (plural policiais)
- (Brazil) police officer
- Synonyms: polícia, guarda
Derived terms
- parapolicial
Related terms
- polícia
- policiamento
- policiar
Spanish
Etymology
policía + -al
Adjective
policial (plural policiales)
- (Spain) Related to the police, police force
- Synonyms: policíaco, policíaca, policiaco, policiaca
- police procedural
- Synonym: de policías
- whodunit, whodunnit (UK)
- Synonyms: policíaco, policíaca, policiaco, policiaca
Usage notes
- In a novel, drama, film or series, policial is more to refer to police procedural and policiaco/policíaco to whodunit.
Derived terms
- (whodunit): novela policiaca f, serie de televisión policíaca f
- parapolicial
- policialmente
Related terms
- policía f
Further reading
- “policial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014