Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female police officer.
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nouna female member of a police force
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police matron
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishpolice
- Proto-Germanic*wībą
- Proto-West Germanic*wīb
- Old Englishwīf
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Englishmann
- Old Englishwīfmann
- Middle Englishwoman
- Englishpolicewoman
Translations
Afrikaans polisievrou
- polisievroua female police officer
Arabic شُرْطِيَّة
- شُرْطِيَّة (šurṭiyya)a female police officer
Bulgarian полица́йка
- полица́йка (policájka)a female police officer
Chinese Cantonese 差婆
- 差婆 (caai¹ po⁴)a female police officer
Chinese Mandarin 女警官, 女警
- 女警官 (nǚ jǐngguān)a female police officer
- 女警 (nǚjǐng)a female police officer
- 女警察 (nǚ jǐngchá)a female police officer
Czech policistka
- policistkaa female police officer
Danish politikvinde
- politikvindea female police officer
Dutch politievrouw, politieagente
- politievrouwa female police officer
- politieagentea female police officer
- agentea female police officer
Esperanto policistino
- policistinoa female police officer
Estonian naispolitseinik
- naispolitseinika female police officer
Finnish naispoliisi
- naispoliisia female police officer
French policière, agente de police
- policièrea female police officer
- agente de policea female police officer
German Polizistin, Polizeibeamtin
- Polizistina female police officer
- Polizeibeamtina female police officer
- Polizeifraua female police officer
Greek αστυνομικίνα
- αστυνομικίνα (astynomikína)a female police officer
Hebrew שׁוֹטֶרֶת
- שׁוֹטֶרֶת (shotéret)a female police officer
Hungarian rendőrnő
- rendőrnőa female police officer
Icelandic lögreglukona
- lögreglukonaa female police officer
Irish bangharda
- banghardaa female police officer
Italian poliziotta
- poliziottaa female police officer
Japanese 女性警官, 婦警
- 女性警官 (josei keikan)a female police officer
- 婦警 (fukei)a female police officer
- 婦人警察官 (fujin keisatsukan)a female police officer
Korean 여자 경찰관, 녀자 경찰관
- 여자 경찰관 (yeoja gyeongchalgwan)a female police officer
- 녀자 경찰관 (nyeoja gyeongchalgwan)a female police officer
- 여경 (yeogyeong)a female police officer
Latin denuntiatrix
- denuntiatrixa female police officer
Latvian policiste
- policistea female police officer
Lithuanian policininkė
- policininkėa female police officer
Norwegian Bokmål politikvinne, polititjenestekvinne
- politikvinnea female police officer
- polititjenestekvinnea female police officer
Polish policjantka
- policjantkaa female police officer
Portuguese polícia, policial
- políciaa female police officer
- policiala female police officer
Romanian polițistă, femeie-polițist
- polițistăa female police officer
- femeie-polițista female police officer
Russian полице́йская, же́нщина-полице́йский
- полице́йская (policéjskaja)a female police officer
- же́нщина-полице́йский (žénščina-policéjskij)a female police officer
- сотру́дница поли́ции (sotrúdnica polícii)a female police officer
Slovak policajtka
- policajtkaa female police officer
Spanish policía, agente
- policíaa female police officer
- agentea female police officer
- agente de policíaa female police officer
Swedish poliskvinna
- poliskvinnaa female police officer
Thai ตำรวจหญิง
- ตำรวจหญิง (dtam-rùuat yǐng)a female police officer
Turkish polis, kadın polis
- polisa female police officer
- kadın polisa female police officer
Ukrainian поліція́нтка, поліце́йська
- поліція́нтка (policijántka)a female police officer
- поліце́йська (policéjsʹka)a female police officer
- поліца́йка (policájka)a female police officer
Vietnamese nữ cảnh sát
- nữ cảnh sáta female police officer
Yiddish פּאָליציסטין, פּאָליציאַנטקע
- פּאָליציסטין (politsistin)a female police officer
- פּאָליציאַנטקע (politsyantke)a female police officer
Cite this entry
APA
policewoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/policewoman
MLA
“policewoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/policewoman. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “policewoman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/policewoman.
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