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politist
police officer /poliˈt͡sist/
noun#2173 most common
Also: policeman, cop (informal)
Example sentences
Polițistul este pe stradă.
The police officer is on the street.
Un polițist mi-a cerut actele.
A police officer asked me for my papers.
Polițistul a oprit mașina pentru control.
The police officer stopped the car for an inspection.
Mai mulți polițiști au fost trimiși la fața locului.
Several police officers were sent to the scene.
Dacă polițistul nu ar fi intervenit la timp, situația ar fi degenerat.
If the police officer had not intervened in time, the situation would have gotten out of hand.
Deși fusese avertizat de superiori, polițistul a continuat ancheta pe cont propriu, riscând să fie sancționat.
Although he had been warned by his superiors, the police officer went on with the investigation on his own, risking punishment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | polițistul | polițiștii |
| Genitive | polițistului | polițiștilor |
| Accusative | polițistul | polițiștii |
| Vocative | polițistule | polițiștilor |
Word family
polițiepolice force
polițistăfemale police officer
polițienescof or relating to the police
poliția rutierătraffic police
Etymology
Polițist is built inside Romanian from poliție, meaning police force, plus the agent suffix -ist, which marks a person who does or belongs to something. Poliție itself came into Romanian through French police, which traces back through Latin to Greek politeia, city government. The pattern mirrors similar formations across Romance languages, where a borrowed institutional noun gets a native agent suffix attached.
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