civil

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ʹsĭv-əl IPA: /ˈsɪv.əl/, X-SAMPA: /"sIv.@l/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪvəl

Etymology

From Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”).

Adjective

civil (comparative more civil, superlative most civil)

1. Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

   She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.

2. Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.

   It was very civil of him to stop the argument.

Derived terms

• civilly
• civil society

Translations

Related to people and government office as opposed to miliary or religion

• Bulgarian: граждански (bg) (graždanski), цивилен (bg) (civilen)
• Catalan: civil (ca)
• Dutch: burgerlijk (nl), civiel (nl)
• Esperanto: civila (eo)
• French: civil (fr)
• German: zivil (de), bürgerlich (de)
• Khmer: អសេនិកៈ (km) (a’seenɨk), ស៊ីវិល (km) (siivɨl), រដ្ឋការ (km) (roattʰa’ kaa), រដ្ឋប្បវេណី (km) (roattʰa’ ppɑveinii)

• Latvian: pilsonisks (lv)
• Polish: cywilny (pl) m
• Portuguese: civil (pt)
• Russian: гражданский (ru) (graždánskij), штатский (ru) (štátskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: catharra (gd), sìobhalta (gd)
• Spanish: civil (es)
• Swedish: civil (sv)

behaving in a reasonable or polite manner

• Bulgarian: вежлив (bg) (vežliv), учтив (bg) (učtiv)
• Catalan: civil (ca)
• Dutch: beschaafd (nl), geciviliseerd (nl)
• French: civil (fr)
• German: zivilisiert (de)
• Manx: beasagh (gv)

• Portuguese: civil (pt), civilizado (pt)
• Russian: цивилизованный (ru) (civilizóvannyj), воспитанный (ru) (vospítannyj), культурный (ru) (kul'túrnyj), вежливый (ru) (v'éžlivyj)
• Spanish: civil (es)
• Swedish: civiliserad (sv)

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• Hebrew: ציבורי (tzibury) m, ציבורית (tziburyt) f (1)
• Ido: civila
• Interlingua: civil

• Italian: civile

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Catalan

Adjective

civil m, f (masculine and feminine plural civils)

1. civil

Related terms

• civilitat

Derived terms

• civilització
• civilitzar
• civilment

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French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin civilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sivil/

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Adjective

civil m (feminine civile, masculine plural civils, feminine plural civiles)

1. civil (war, marriage etc.)
2. (politics) lay
3. civilian
4. (literary) civil, courteous, polite

Derived terms

• civiliser

Noun

civil m (plural civils)

1. civilian

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin cīvīlis, from cīvis (“citizen”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down, settle; home, family; love; beloved”).

Adjective

civil m (feminine civile, masculine plural civils, feminine plural civiles)

1. polite

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Zivil, from French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“civic, civil”), from cīvis (“citizen”).

Noun

cìvīl m (Cyrillic spelling цѝвӣл)

1. civilian (not related to the military armed forces)

Declension

    declension of civil

	singular	plural
nominative	cìvīl	civili
genitive	civíla	civila
dative	civilu	civilima
accusative	civila	civile
vocative	civile	civili
locative	civilu	civilima
instrumental	civilom	civilima

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cīvīlis (“civil, civic”), from cīvis (“citizen”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA: /θiˈβil/
• (Others) IPA: /siˈβil/
• Homophone: sibil (non-Castilian dialects)
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

civil m and f (plural civiles)

1. civil (all senses)

Derived terms

• civilizar v

Related terms

• ciudad
• cívico
• civilización

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Swedish

Adjective

civil

1. civil; having to do with people and organizations outside military or police, sometimes also outside of other team-based activities, such as a professional sports team

Declension

Declension of civil

Inflections of civil
Indefinite singular	Common	civil
	Neuter	civilt
Definite singular	Masc.	civile
	All	civila
Plural		civila