Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call the police

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English

Syllables
cal-l the po-lice
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Use a telephone to request the arrival of a police officer.

Inflected Forms

Call the police! (canonical)

Questions

What does call the police mean?
Use a telephone to request the arrival of a police officer.

How to pronounce call the police

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