polis
Spanish, noun
polis is spelled P-O-L-I-S (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,247th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “polis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of poli. With an accent, polís is a different word: “second-person singular voseo present indicative”.
What does polis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolis
noun
- 1
femininemasculineplural of poli
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo present indicative
- 2
second-person plural present indicative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Denominación dada a las ciudades-estado independientes de la antigua Grecia, surgidas en la Edad Oscura mediante un proceso de agregación de núcleos y grupos de población (anteriormente vinculados por el oikos o casa) denominado sinecismo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to polis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polis in Spanish?
polis appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).