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policy

/ˈpɒləsi/PO-luh-see
/ˈpɑləsi/PAH-luh-see

Meaningcivic rule

Common meaning: a course of action adopted by a body

Journey through time

  1. Greekπόλις‘a city, a citizen community’
  2. Frenchpolicesource
  3. Englishpolicy‘a course of action adopted by a body’ · today

pol also in: acropolisimpoliticmetropolisnecropolisnonpolitical

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek πόλις ‘a city, a citizen community’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry πόλις, p. 1240 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • πόλις Greek “a city, a citizen community”

Related words

acropolisimpoliticimpoliticallymetropolisnecropolisnonpolitical

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