Interpol

English

Etymology

Syllabic abbreviation of international police.

Pronunciation

• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˌʔin.teɾˈpol/
• Hyphenation: In‧ter‧pol

Proper noun

Interpol

2. The International Criminal Police Organization, an international organization facilitating police cooperation.

Translations

the International Criminal Police Organization

• Armenian: Ինտերպոլ (Interpol)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國際刑警組織 / 国际刑警组织 (zh) (guójì xíngjǐng zǔzhī)

• Dutch: Interpol (nl) n
• French: Interpol (fr) m
• Japanese: インターポール (Intāpōru), 国際刑事警察機構 (こくさいけいじけいさつきこう, kokusai keiji keisatsu kikō)
• Polish: Interpol (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Organização Internacional de Polícia Criminal, Interpol f
• Russian: Интерпо́л (ru) m (Interpól)

See also

• Interpol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ternopil, pointrel, terpinol, topliner

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of (Organisation) Inter(nationale de la) Pol(ice criminelle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pɔl/
• Hyphenation: In‧ter‧pol

Proper noun

Interpol m

2. Interpol (the International Criminal Police Organization)

Further reading

• “Interpol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Frenchabbr.

French Interpolbor.

Polish Interpol

Borrowed from French Interpol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtɛr.pɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɛrpɔl
• Syllabification: In‧ter‧pol

Proper noun

Interpol m inan

2. Interpol (the International Criminal Police Organization)

Declension

Declension of Interpol

	singular
nominative	Interpol
genitive	Interpolu
dative	Interpolowi
accusative	Interpol
instrumental	Interpolem
locative	Interpolu
vocative	Interpolu

Related terms

nouns

• policja

Further reading

• “Interpol”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Interpol in PWN's encyclopedia
• Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “Interpol”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[2], 4. online edition, Warszawa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Interpol.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teʁˈpɔw/ [ˌĩ.tehˈpɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teʁˈpɔw/ [ˌĩ.tehˈpɔʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teɾˈpɔw/ [ˌĩ.teɾˈpɔʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teʁˈpɔw/ [ˌĩ.teχˈpɔʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.teɻˈpɔw/ [ˌĩ.teɻˈpɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.tɛɾˈpɔl/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾˈpɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.tɛɾˈpɔl/ [ˌĩ.tɛɾˈpɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.tɛɾˈpɔ.li/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔw, (Portugal) -ɔl
• Hyphenation: In‧ter‧pol

Proper noun

Interpol f

2. Interpol (the International Criminal Police Organization)

   Synonym: Organização Internacional de Polícia Criminal

   • 2025 January 13, “Brasileiro considerado desaparecido está preso em Paris por tráfico de drogas, diz Interpol”, in g1‎^[3], Paraíba: TV Paraíba, archived from the original on 15 January 2025:

     O paraibano André Alves do Nascimento, de 35 anos, que estava desaparecido desde 6 de novembro do ano passado, foi localizado pela Interpol, conforme divulgado pela Polícia Federal da Paraíba nesta segunda-feira (14).

     André Alves do Nascimento, a 35-year-old man from Paraíba who had been missing since the 6th of November of last year, was located by Interpol, as announced by the Federal Police of Paraíba this Monday (14th).

Further reading

• “Interpol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “Interpol”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French Interpol.

Noun

Interpol n (uncountable)

2. Interpol (the International Criminal Police Organization)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Interpol	Interpolul
genitive-dative	Interpol	Interpolului
vocative	Interpolule

Further reading

• “Interpol”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026