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"policy (of a government, a company)" in seven languages

Meaningpolicy (of a government, a company)

Spanish

política

/poˈlitika/

fem.learned

French

politique

/pɔlitik/

fem.learned

Italian

politica

/poˈlitika/

fem.learned

Portuguese

política

/poˈlitʃikɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

politică

/poˈlitikə/

fem.learned

Catalan

política

/puˈlitikə/

fem.learned

English

policy

/ˈpɑləsi/

other source · Old French policie (Latin POLĪTĪA, Greek politeía 'citizenship, government')

English → Italianpolicy (of a government, a company)politicaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: politics, political, police (via POLĪTĪA).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

POLĪTICUS (Greek politikós)‘of citizens, of the state’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

English has two words, policy and politics, where the sisters use one: la política is both the game and the plan. All of them, police included, go back to Greek pólis 'city'.

English relatives: politics, political, police (via POLĪTĪA)

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In a sentence

  • esEl Gobierno ha cambiado su política energética.
  • frLe gouvernement a changé sa politique énergétique.
  • itIl governo ha cambiato la sua politica energetica.
  • ptO governo mudou sua política energética.
  • roGuvernul și-a schimbat politica energetică.
  • caEl Govern ha canviat la seva política energètica.
  • enThe government has changed its energy policy.

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