police officer

English

Noun

police officer (plural police officers)

A peace officer and member of a police force, i.e. policeman or policewoman.
Synonyms: bobby, cop, copper, fuzz, John Law, PC Plod, pig, peeler, rozzer, walloper

Usage notes

This term is gender-neutral. The gender-specific terms are policeman for a male police officer and policewoman for a female police officer.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

an officer in a law enforcement agency

Afrikaans: polisieman
Albanian: polic (sq) m
Arabic: شُرْطِيّ‎ (ar) m (šurṭiyy), شُرَطِيّ‎ (ar) m (šuraṭiyy), ضَابِطُ شُرْطَةٍ‎ m (ḍābiṭu šurṭatin), ضَابِطَةُ شُرْطَةٍ‎ f (ḍābiṭatu šurṭatin)
Armenian: ոստիկան (hy) (ostikan)
Belarusian: паліцэ́йскі m (palicéjski), міліцыя́нт m (milicyjánt), міліцыяне́р m (milicyjanjér)
Bengali: পুলিশ (puliś)
Breton: ^{(please verify)} poliser m, ^{(please verify)} polis m
Bulgarian: полица́й (bg) m (policáj)
Burmese: ရဲသား (my) (rai:sa:), ပုလိပ် (my) (pu.lip), ရဲ (my) (rai:), ရဲအရာရှိ (rai:a.rahri.)
Chechen: милцо (milco)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 警察 (ging² caat³), 差佬 (caai¹ lou²) (slang)

Mandarin: 警察 (zh) (jǐngchá), 警官 (zh) (jǐngguān), 警員, 警员 (jǐngyuán)

Min Nan: 警察 (zh-min-nan) (kéng-chhat), 巡查 (zh-min-nan) (sûn-cha), 大人 (zh-min-nan) (tāi-jîn)
Czech: policejní strážník m, policejní strážnice f, policista (cs) m
Danish: politibetjent (da) c, politimand m, politikvinde f
Dutch: politieagent (nl) m, politieagente (nl) f, politieman (nl) m, politievrouw (nl) f, agent (nl) m, agente (nl) f
Esperanto: policisto (eo), policano
Estonian: politseinik, ment (slang)
Finnish: poliisi (fi), konstaapeli (fi)
French: policier (fr) m, policière (fr) f
Georgian: პოლიციელი (ṗolicieli)
German: Polizist (de) m, Polizistin (de) f, Polizeibeamter (de) m, Polizeibeamtin (de) f
Greek: αστυνομικός (el) m (astynomikós), αστυνομικίνα (el) f (astynomikína)
Hebrew: שׁוֹטֵר‎ (he) m (shotér), שׁוֹטֶרֶת‎ f (shotéret)
Hindi: पुलिसवाला m (pulisvālā), आरक्षक (hi) m (ārakṣak), पुलिसमैन (hi) m (pulismain)
Hungarian: rendőr (hu)
Icelandic: lögreglumaður (is) m
Ido: policisto (io)
Italian: poliziotto (it) m, ufficiale di polizia m
Japanese: 警察官 (ja) (けいさつかん, keisatsukan), 警官 (ja) (けいかん, keikan), お巡り (おまわり, omawari), お巡りさん (おまわりさん, omawarisan)
Kazakh: милиционер (mïlïcïoner), полицей (polïcey)
Khmer: នាយតម្រួត (niey tɑmruət)
Korean: 경찰관 (ko) (gyeongchalgwan) (警察官 (ko))
Kyrgyz: милиционер (ky) (militsioner), полицейский (politseyskiy)
Lao: ນາຍຕຳຫລວດ (nāi tam lūat), ຕໍາຫຼວດ (tam lūat)
Latin: denuntiator m, denuntiatrix f

Latvian: policists m
Lithuanian: policininkas m
Macedonian: полицаец m (policaec), (obs.) милицаец m (milicaec)
Maltese: uffiċċjal tal-pulizija
Maori: pirihimana
Mohawk: karíhton
Navajo: siláo
Norwegian:
Bokmål: politibetjent m, politimann m

Nynorsk: politibetjent m, politimann m
Persian: پاسبان‎ (fa) (pâsbân)
Polish: policjant (pl) m, policjantka (pl) f
Portuguese: polícia (pt) m or f, policial (pt) m or f, agente (pt) m or f, agente da polícia m or f
Romanian: polițist (ro) m, polițistă (ro) f
Russian: полице́йский (ru) m (policéjskij), полице́йская (ru) f (policéjskaja), офице́р поли́ции m (oficér polícii), сотру́дник поли́ции m (sotrúdnik polícii), полица́й (ru) m (policáj) (slang), полисме́н (ru) m (polismén), милиционе́р (ru) m (milicionér), мент (ru) m (ment) (slang), ляга́вый (ru) m (ljagávyj) (pejorative), му́сор (ru) m (músor) (pejorative), коп (ru) m (kop) (slang), полица́й (ru) m (policáj) (slang)
Scottish Gaelic: maor-sìth m, earraid m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: полица́јац m, полѝца̄јка f

Roman: policájac (sh) m, polìcājka (sh) f
Slovak: policajt (sk) m, policajtka f
Slovene: policist m, policistka f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: policist m, policistka f
Sotho: lepolesa
Spanish: agente (es) m or f, agente de policía m or f, policía (es) m or f
Swahili: polisi (sw), askari polisi, afisa wa usalama (sw), afisa wa polisi
Swedish: polis (sv), poliskonstapel (sv)
Tajik: милитсионер (militsioner), посбон (tg) (posbon)
Thai: เจ้าหน้าที่ตำรวจ, ตำรวจ (th) (dtam-rùuat)
Turkish: polis (tr)
Turkmen: milisioner
Ukrainian: офіце́р полі́ції m (oficér políciji), поліце́йський m (policéjsʹkyj), співробі́тник полі́ції m (spivrobítnyk políciji), міліціоне́р m (milicionér)
Uzbek: politsiachi, militsioner (uz)
Vietnamese: cảnh sát (vi)
Volapük: poldan (vo)
Welsh: plismon (cy) m, heddwas m
Yiddish: פּאָליציסט‎ m (politsist), פּאָליציאַנט‎ m (politsyant), סטראַפּטשע‎ m (straptshe)

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Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} polisi (id)
Sundanese: ^{(please verify)} pulisi (id)

Swedish: ^{(please verify)} aina (sv) n (slang)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} రక్షక భటుడు (rakṣaka bhaṭuḍu)

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