civic

See also: cívic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪvɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪvɪk

Adjective

civic (comparative more civic, superlative most civic)

1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

   Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.

2. Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

   civic duty

Derived terms

• civic centre
• civics
• civic-minded

Related terms

• civil

Translations

Having to do with a city or the people who live there

• Bulgarian: граждански (bg) (graždanski)
• Catalan: cívic
• Czech: městský (cs), občanský (cs)
• Dutch: stedelijk (nl)
• Finnish: kaupunkilais-, asukas-, kansalais-
• French: civique (fr)
• German: bürgerlich (de)
• Hungarian: polgári (hu)
• Interlingua: civic
• Italian: civico (it)
• Japanese: 市民の (しみん-の, shimin-no)
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• Latvian: pilsonisks
• Persian: مدنی (fa) (madani)
• Portuguese: cívico
• Russian: гражда́нский (ru) (graždánskij), городской (ru) (gorodskoj)
• Scottish Gaelic: catharra
• Slovak: občiansky, mestský (sk)
• Spanish: cívico (es)
• Swedish: borgerlig (sv)
• Turkish: burjuvaca (tr) (bourgeois), medenî (tr)
• Volapük: zifik (vo)