civil

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”). Cognate with Old English hīwen (“household”), hīrǣden (“family”). More at hind; hird.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: ʹsĭv-əl IPA(key): /ˈsɪv.əl/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪvəl

Adjective[edit]

civil (comparative more civil, superlative most civil)

  1. (not comparable) 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. (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility.
    Antonyms: anti-civil, impolite, inconsiderate, noncivil, rude
    It was very civil of him to stop the argument.
    They despise each other, but they are always civil in public.
  3. (archaic) In a peaceful and well-ordered state.
    • 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
      Herein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country:
      VVere all inhumaine ſlaues ſo ſerued as he,
      England would be ciuill, and from all ſuch dealings free.
  4. (law) Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.
    a civil case
  5. Secular.
    • 1680, A Practical Discourse of Regeneration:
      As if our Saviour had said, No man can enter into heaven except he be born again; so as he speaketh not only of notorious Sinners, as Adulterers, Drunkards, Swearers, & c. but of all who are in their natural condition, tho' they live never so unblameably, free from scandalous sins, if they be not born again, their civil Righteousness will do them little good, for they shall never see the Kingdom of God.
    • 2008, Jerald Finney, God Betrayed, →ISBN, page 174:
      The word from which "evil" in Romans 13.4 is translated means "generally opposed to civil goodness or virtue, in a commonwealth, and not to spiritual good, or religion, in the church.
    • 2013, John Calvin, Calvin's Complete Commentary, Volume 7: Acts to Ephesians:
      Some grammarians explain this passage as referring to a civil sanctity, in respect of the children being reckoned legitimate, but in this respect the condition of unbelievers is in no degree worse.

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Descendants[edit]

  • → Japanese: シビル (shibiru)

Translations[edit]

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Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis.

Adjective[edit]

civil (epicene, plural civiles)

  1. civil, civilian

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References[edit]

  • "civil" in Diccionariu de la Llingua Asturiana

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis.

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Adjective[edit]

civil m or f (masculine and feminine plural civils)

  1. civil
    Antonym: incivil
  2. civilian
    Antonym: militar

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Noun[edit]

civil m or f by sense (plural civils)

  1. a member of the guàrdia civil

Noun[edit]

civil m (plural civils)

  1. (colloquial) a preserved sardine
    Synonym: arengada

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Chinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From clipping of English civil engineering.

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Noun[edit]

civil

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) civil engineering; civil engineer

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Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

civil m anim

  1. (informal) civilian (non-military person)
    Synonym: civilista

Declension[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Further reading[edit]

  • civil in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • civil in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

civil

  1. civil (all senses), civilian

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of civil
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular civil — —2
Indefinite neuter singular civilt — —2
Plural civile — —2
Definite attributive1 civile — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

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

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Noun[edit]

civil m (plural civils, feminine civile)

  1. civilian

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis.

Adjective[edit]

civil m or f (plural civís)

  1. civil, civilian

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References[edit]

  • "civil" in Real Academia Galega

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Zivil, from Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sivil]
  • Hyphenation: ci‧vil
  • Rhymes: -il

Adjective[edit]

civil (not comparable)

  1. civilian (not related to the military, police or other governmental professions)
    Synonym: polgári
    civil szervezet ― non-governmental organization
    polgárháború ― civil war

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative civil civilek
accusative civilt civileket
dative civilnek civileknek
instrumental civillel civilekkel
causal-final civilért civilekért
translative civillé civilekké
terminative civilig civilekig
essive-formal civilként civilekként
essive-modal — —
inessive civilben civilekben
superessive civilen civileken
adessive civilnél civileknél
illative civilbe civilekbe
sublative civilre civilekre
allative civilhez civilekhez
elative civilből civilekből
delative civilről civilekről
ablative civiltől civilektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		civilé civileké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		civiléi civilekéi

Noun[edit]

civil (plural civilek)

  1. civilian (a person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative civil civilek
accusative civilt civileket
dative civilnek civileknek
instrumental civillel civilekkel
causal-final civilért civilekért
translative civillé civilekké
terminative civilig civilekig
essive-formal civilként civilekként
essive-modal — —
inessive civilben civilekben
superessive civilen civileken
adessive civilnél civileknél
illative civilbe civilekbe
sublative civilre civilekre
allative civilhez civilekhez
elative civilből civilekből
delative civilről civilekről
ablative civiltől civilektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		civilé civileké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		civiléi civilekéi
Possessive forms of civil
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. civilem civileim
civiljeim
2nd person sing. civiled civileid
civiljeid
3rd person sing. civile
civilje 		civilei
civiljei
1st person plural civilünk civileink
civiljeink
2nd person plural civiletek civileitek
civiljeitek
3rd person plural civilük
civiljük 		civileik
civiljeik

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • civil in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • civil in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Interlingua[edit]

Adjective[edit]

civil (not comparable)

  1. civil, civilian (not associated with the armed forces)

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

civil m

  1. (Jersey) polite
  2. (Jersey) civil

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Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

Adjective[edit]

civil m (feminine singular civila, masculine plural civils, feminine plural civilas)

  1. civil

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis (“civil”), from cīvis (“citizen”). Doublet of cível.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
  • Hyphenation: ci‧vil

Adjective[edit]

civil m or f (plural civis)

  1. civil; civilian (not relating to the military or clergy)
    Se não quiser levar um tiro, use roupas civis. ― If you don’t want to be shot, use civilian clothing.
  2. civic (relating to citizens)
    Synonym: cívico
    Antonym: militar
    Deves cumprir tua obrigação civil. ― You must perform your civic duty.
  3. (law) relating to civil law
    Synonym: cível
    Antonym: criminal
    Estudo direito civil. ― I study civil law.
  4. occurring between the inhabitants of the same country
    Guerra civil. ― Civil war.
  5. civil (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)
    Synonyms: civilizado, cortês, educado, polido
    Antonyms: deseducado, grosseiro, deselegante, feio
    Seja mais civil e pare de criticar as pessoas. ― Be more civil and stop criticising people.

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Noun[edit]

civil m or f by sense (plural civis)

  1. civilian, non-combatant (person who is not a member of the military, police or belligerent group)

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Romanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French civil, Latin cīvīlis.

Adjective[edit]

civil m or n (feminine singular civilă, masculine plural civili, feminine and neuter plural civile)

  1. civil

Declension[edit]

Declension of civil
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite civil civilă civili civile
definite civilul civila civilii civilele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite civil civile civili civile
definite civilului civilei civililor civilelor

Noun[edit]

civil m (plural civili)

  1. civilian

Declension[edit]

Declension of civil
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) civil civilul (niște) civili civilii
genitive/dative (unui) civil civilului (unor) civili civililor
vocative civilule civililor

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

cìvīl m (Cyrillic spelling цѝвӣл)

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈbil/ [θiˈβ̞il]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈbil/ [siˈβ̞il]
  • Rhymes: -il
  • Syllabification: ci‧vil
  • Homophone: (Latin America) sibil

Adjective[edit]

civil m or f (masculine and feminine plural civiles, superlative civilísimo)

  1. civil (all senses)

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis.

Adjective[edit]

civil

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

Declension[edit]

Inflection of civil
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular civil — —
Neuter singular civilt — —
Plural civila — —
Masculine plural3 civile — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 civile — —
All civila — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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