poli
French, noun/pɔ.li/
poli is spelled P-O-L-I (4 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written French, the 8,979th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Poli is a French masculine noun meaning “lustre, polish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of polir. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lustre, éclat d'une chose qui a été polie”.
What does poli mean in English?
adjective
- 1
polite
- 2
polished
noun
- 1
masculinelustre, polish
verb
- 1
past participle of polir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Lisse, luisant. 2. Marbre poli, marbre qui a été frotté avec du grès, un bouchon de linge et de l’émeri.
adjective: 1. Courtois, civil, honnête, complaisant, convenable, qui utilise les règles de la politesse, qui observe les convenances de la société. 2. Qui exprime la politesse.
noun: 1. Lustre, éclat d'une chose qui a été polie.
noun: 1. Synonyme de doayo (race de bovins).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of poli
- polie feminine
- polis masculine plural
- polies feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poli?
- /pɔ.li/
- \po.li\
- [po.li]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poli
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poli in French?
poli appears 6.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).