"political" in seven languages
Meaningpolitical
Spanish
/poˈlitiko/
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Also 'politician'; la política is 'politics, policy'.
French
/pɔlitik/
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La politique is 'politics, policy'; a politician is un homme or une femme politique.
Italian
/poˈlitiko/
learned
Also 'politician'; la politica is 'politics, policy'.
Portuguese
/poˈlitʃiku/
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Romanian
/poˈlitik/
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Catalan
/puˈlitik/
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English
/pəˈlɪtɪkəl/
from Latin/French · Latin POLĪTICUS + -al
The Latin ancestor
POLĪTICUM‘of the state, civic (Greek politikós, from pólis 'city')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
One Greek adjective does the work of three English words: Spanish la política, French la politique and Italian la politica each mean both 'politics' and 'policy'.
English relatives: politics, policy, police, metropolis
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In a sentence
- esEs una decisión política.
- frC'est une décision politique.
- itÈ una decisione politica.
- ptÉ uma decisão política.
- roEste o decizie politică.
- caÉs una decisió política.
- enIt's a political decision.
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