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English

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin civilis (“‘relating to a citizen’”)

Adjective

civil (comparative more civil, superlative most civil)

Positive 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

French

French Wikipedia has an article on: Civil

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin civilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

civil m. (f. civile, m. plural civils, f. plural civiles)

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

Noun

civil m. (plural civils)

  1. civilian

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

Spanish

Adjective

civil m. and f. (plural civiles)

  1. civil

Related terms

Swedish

Adjective

civil

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

 

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