police officer

English

Alternative forms

PO

Noun

police officer (plural police officers)

A peace officer who is a member of a police force.

Usage notes

This term is the gender-neutral equivalent of policeman (male) and policewoman (female).

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:police officer

Derived terms

po-po

Translations

Afrikaans: polisiebeampte, polisieman m, polisievrou f
Albanian: polic (sq) m, police f
Arabic: شُرْطِيّ (ar) m (šurṭiyy), شُرَطِيّ (ar) m (šuraṭiyy), شُرْطَةٍ f (šurṭatin), ضَابِطُ شُرْطَةٍ m (ḍābiṭu šurṭatin), ضَابِطَةُ شُرْطَةٍ f (ḍābiṭatu šurṭatin)
Hijazi Arabic: شُرْطي m (šurṭi), عَسْكَري m (ʕaskari)
Armenian: ոստիկան (hy) (ostikan)
Aromanian: astinumico m, pulits m
Belarusian: паліцэ́йскі m (palicéjski), міліцыя́нт m (milicyjánt), міліцыяне́р m (milicyjanjér), паліцыя́нт m (palicyjánt), паліца́й m (palicáj) (slang)
Bengali: পুলিশ (bn) (puliś)
Breton: ^{(please verify)} poliser (br) m, ^{(please verify)} polis (br) m
Bulgarian: полица́й (bg) m (policáj)
Burmese: ရဲသား (my) (rai:sa:), ပုလိပ် (my) (pu.lip), ရဲ (my) (rai:), ရဲအရာရှိ (rai:a.rahri.)
Caribbean Javanese: sekaut, skaut
Catalan: policia (ca) m or f, agent (ca) m or f, agent de policia m or f
Chechen: милцо (milco)
Cherokee: ᏗᏓᏂᏱᏍᎩ (didaniyisgi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 警察 (ging² caat³), 差佬 (yue) (caai¹ lou²) (slang)

Hokkien: 警官 (zh-min-nan) (kéng-koaⁿ), 馬打／马打 (má-tâ) (Singapore, Malaysia), 警察 (zh-min-nan) (kéng-chhat), 巡查 (zh-min-nan) (sûn-cha), 大人 (zh-min-nan) (tāi-jîn)

Mandarin: 警察 (zh) (jǐngchá), 警官 (zh) (jǐngguān), 警員／警员 (zh) (jǐngyuán)
Cornish: gwithyas kres m, kreswas m
Czech: policista (cs) m, policejní strážník m, policejní strážnice f
Danish: politibetjent (da) c, politimand m
Danish: politimand c
Dhivehi: ފުލުސްމީހާ (fulusmīhā)
Dutch: politieagent (nl) m, agent (nl) m, politieman (nl) m
Esperanto: policisto (eo), policano
Estonian: politseinik, ment (slang)
Ewe: kpovitɔŋutsu m
Finnish: poliisi (fi), konstaapeli (fi)
French: policier (fr) m, gendarme (fr) m
Galician: policía (gl) m or f
Georgian: პოლიციელი (ṗolicieli)
German: Polizist (de) m, Polizeibeamter (de) m, Bulle (de) (slang, (mildly) derogatory), Polizeimann m (uncommon, dated), Polizeikraft (de) f (rare/uncommon, nonstandard)
Greek: αστυνομικός (el) m (astynomikós), αστυνομικίνα (el) f (astynomikína)
Hawaiian: mākaʻi
Hebrew: שׁוֹטֵר (he) m (shotér)
Hindi: पुलिसवाला m (pulisvālā), आरक्षक (hi) m (ārakṣak), पुलिसमैन (hi) m (pulismain)
Hungarian: rendőr (hu) m, rendőrnő (hu) f
Icelandic: lögreglumaður (is) m, (colloquial) lögga (is) f
Ido: policisto (io)
Indonesian: polisi (id)
Ingrian: politseiskoi
Italian: poliziotto (it) m, agente (it) m, gendarme (it) m, carabiniere (it), 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 (ja) (おまわり, omawari), お巡りさん (ja) (おまわりさん, omawarisan)
Javanese: pulisi (jv), polisi
Kalmyk: цагдач (tsagdaç)
Kazakh: милиционер (milisioner), полицей (polisei)
Khmer: ភ្នាក់ងារប៉ូលិស (phnĕək ngiə poulih), តម្រួត (km) (tɑmruət), នាយតម្រួត (niəy tɑmruət)
Korean: 경찰관(警察官) (ko) (gyeongchalgwan)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: polîs (ku) m or f
Kyrgyz: милиционер (ky) (militsioner), полицейский (politseyskiy)
Ladino: polis, poliseyskiy, militsioner, polisista, polisial
Lao: ຕຳຫຼວດ (lo) (tam lūat)
Latin: vigil (la) m, denuntiator m
Latvian: policists m
Lithuanian: policininkas m
Lower Sorbian: policist m, policaj m, policistka f
Macanese: puliça
Macedonian: полица́ец m (policáec), милица́ец m (milicáec) (dated)
Maltese: uffiċċjal tal-pulizija
Maltese: pulizjott m, pulizjotta f, pulizija f
Maori: pirihimana
Mohawk: karíhton
Navajo: siláo
Ngarrindjeri: kainggaipari
Norman: chent'nyi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: politibetjent m, politimann m

Nynorsk: politibetjent m, politimann m
Ojibwe: dakoniwewinini
Old English: burhweard m, tēoþungmann m
Ottoman Turkish: ضبطیه (zabtiye)
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, guarda (pt)
Romanian: polițist (ro) m, polițistă (ro) f
Russian: полице́йский (ru) m (policéjskij), полисме́н (ru) m (polismén), 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, poileas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: полица́јац m, полѝца̄јка f

Roman: policájac (sh) m, polìcājka (sh) f, milicioner m, milicionerka f
Slovak: policajt (sk) m, policajtka f
Slovene: policíst m, policístka f, milíčnik m, milíčnica f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: policist m, policistka f
Sotho: lepolesa
Spanish: policía (es) m or f, agente (es) m or f, agente de policía m or f, pitufo (es) m (Spain, derogatory)
Sranan Tongo: skowtu
Swahili: polisi (sw), askari polisi, afisa wa usalama (sw), afisa wa polisi
Swedish: polis (sv) c, polisman (sv) c, konstapel (sv) c (dated), snut (sv) m or c (derogatory, slang), gris (sv) m or c (derogatory, slang)
Tagalog: pulis (tl)
Tajik: милитсионер (militsioner), посбон (tg) (posbon)
Taos: pulísena
Tauya: 'ipai omamo
Thai: ตำรวจ (th) (dtam-rùuat)
Tibetan: ཉེན་རྟོག་པ (nyen rtog pa)
Turkish: polis (tr), polis memuru
Turkmen: milisioner
Ukrainian: поліція́нт m (policijánt), поліце́йський m (policéjsʹkyj), міліціоне́р m (milicionér), поліца́й f (policáj), офіце́р полі́ції m (oficér políciji), співробі́тник полі́ції m (spivrobítnyk políciji)
Urdu: پولیس والا m (pulis vālā)
Uzbek: politsiachi, militsioner (uz)
Vietnamese: cảnh sát (vi) (警察)
Volapük: (♂♀) poldan (vo), (♂) hipoldan (vo)
Welsh: heddwas (cy) m, plismon (cy) m
Yiddish: פּאָליציסט m (politsist), פּאָליציאַנט m (politsyant), סטראַפּטשע m (straptshe)

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Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} polisi (id)
Sundanese: ^{(please verify)} pulisi (su)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} aina (sv) n (slang)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} రక్షక భటుడు (rakṣaka bhaṭuḍu)

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