Ido edit

Etymology edit

From civila and kodexo. Calque of English civil code, French Code civil, German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Italian codice civile, Russian гражда́нский ко́декс (graždánskij kódeks), Spanish código civil.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡siˈvi.la koˈde.kso/, /t͡siˈvi.la koˈde.ɡzo/

Noun edit

civila kodexo (plural civila kodexi)

  1. civil code
    • 1911, Mondolinguo: Weltsprache, Volume 4–5, page 22:
      La nuva Suisana Civil Kodexo, qua valoreskis de la 1 jan. 1912, esas omnube regardata kom modela lego; […]
      The new Swiss Civil Code, which will come into action from the 1st of January, 1912, is everywhere seen as a model law; […]