Meanings
nounpolice car (plural police cars)
plural police cars
- An automobile used by a police officer when on duty. Usually marked with police livery; sometimes an unmarked car.
Near-synonyms: patrol car, cruise car, cruiser, squad car, radio car, crime car
Synonyms: patrol car, cruise car, cruiser, squad car, radio car, crime car
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn automobile used by a police officer when on duty. Usually marked with police livery; sometimes an unmarked car.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters
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Translations
Arabic سَيَّارَة شُرْطَة
- سَيَّارَة شُرْطَة (sayyārat šurṭa)automobile used by a police officer
Bulgarian полице́йска кола́
- полице́йска кола́ (policéjska kolá)automobile used by a police officer
Chinese Cantonese 警車 /警车, 警察車 /警察车
- 警車 /警车 (ging² ce¹)automobile used by a police officer
- 警察車 /警察车 (ging² caat³ ce¹)automobile used by a police officer
Chinese Mandarin 警車 /警车, 警察車 /警察车
- 警車 /警车 (jǐngchē)automobile used by a police officer
- 警察車 /警察车 (jǐngcháchē)automobile used by a police officer
Czech policejní auto
- policejní autoautomobile used by a police officer
Danish politibil
- politibilautomobile used by a police officer
Dutch politieauto, politiewagen
- politieautoautomobile used by a police officer
- politiewagenautomobile used by a police officer
Estonian politseiauto
- politseiautoautomobile used by a police officer
Finnish poliisiauto, partioauto
- poliisiautoautomobile used by a police officer
- partioautoautomobile used by a police officer
French véhicule de police, autopatrouille
- véhicule de policeautomobile used by a police officer
- autopatrouilleautomobile used by a police officer
German Streifenwagen, Polizeiwagen
- Streifenwagenautomobile used by a police officer
- Polizeiwagenautomobile used by a police officer
- Polizeiautoautomobile used by a police officer
- Polizeifahrzeugautomobile used by a police officer
Greek περιπολικό
- περιπολικό (peripolikó)automobile used by a police officer
Hebrew נַיֶּדֶת
- נַיֶּדֶת (nayédet)automobile used by a police officer
Hindi पुलिस की गाड़ी, पुलिस की कार
- पुलिस की गाड़ी (pulis kī gāṛī)automobile used by a police officer
- पुलिस की कार (pulis kī kār)automobile used by a police officer
Hungarian rendőrautó, rendőrkocsi
- rendőrautóautomobile used by a police officer
- rendőrkocsiautomobile used by a police officer
Icelandic lögreglubíll, löggubíll
- lögreglubíllautomobile used by a police officer
- löggubíllautomobile used by a police officer
Japanese パトカー, パトロールカー
- パトカー (patokā)automobile used by a police officer
- パトロールカー (patorōrukā)automobile used by a police officer
Korean 경찰차
- 경찰차 (gyeongchalcha)automobile used by a police officer
Malay kereta polis
- kereta polisautomobile used by a police officer
Norwegian Bokmål politibil
- politibilautomobile used by a police officer
Persian خودرُویِ پُلیس
- خودرُویِ پُلیسautomobile used by a police officer
Polish radiowóz
- radiowózautomobile used by a police officer
Portuguese viatura
- viaturaautomobile used by a police officer
Romanian vehicul de poliție, mașină de poliție
- vehicul de polițieautomobile used by a police officer
- mașină de polițieautomobile used by a police officer
Russian полице́йский автомоби́ль, полице́йская маши́на
- полице́йский автомоби́ль (policéjskij avtomobílʹ)automobile used by a police officer
- полице́йская маши́на (policéjskaja mašína)automobile used by a police officer
- патру́льная маши́на (patrúlʹnaja mašína)automobile used by a police officer
Spanish patrulla, vehículo policial / policíaco / policiaco
- patrullaautomobile used by a police officer
- vehículo policial / policíaco / policiacoautomobile used by a police officer
Swedish polisbil
- polisbilautomobile used by a police officer
Thai รถตำรวจ
- รถตำรวจ (rót-dtam-rùuat)automobile used by a police officer
Ukrainian поліце́йський автомобі́ль
- поліце́йський автомобі́ль (policéjsʹkyj avtomobílʹ)automobile used by a police officer
Vietnamese xe cảnh sát, xe công an
- xe cảnh sátautomobile used by a police officer
- xe công anautomobile used by a police officer
Yiddish פּאָליציי־אויטאָ
- פּאָליציי־אויטאָautomobile used by a police officer
Cite this entry
APA
police car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20car
MLA
“police car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20car. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “police car,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/police%20car.
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