🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

auto della polizia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: auto della polizia

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Patrol car/pəˈtrəʊl kɑː/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #3450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'auto della polizia è arrivata subito."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A motor vehicle used by police officers for patrolling an assigned area, responding to calls for service, and maintaining public safety.

    "The patrol car rushed to the scene of the accident with its sirens wailing."
  2. 2

    Any official vehicle equipped for mobile monitoring or security operations.

    "Campus security used a specialized patrol car to monitor the vast university grounds at night."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'patrol', derived from the French 'patrouiller' (to tramp through mud, from Old French 'patrouille' and root 'patte' meaning paw), with 'car', originating from the Late Latin 'carrus' (a four-wheeled wagon). The specific compound emerged in the 20th century with the widespread adoption of automobiles by police forces for municipal surveillance and rapid response.

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