apólice

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French police and agglutinated with the definite article a (“the”). The French term comes from Italian polizza, from Medieval Latin apodissa (“receipt for money”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόδειξις (apódeixis, “proof, declaration”)

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈpɔ.li.si/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈpɔ.li.se/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔlisi, (Portugal) -ɔlisɨ
  • Hyphenation: a‧pó‧li‧ce

Noun

apólice f (plural apólices)

  1. policy (a contract of insurance)

Descendants

  • → Tetum: apólise

Further reading

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