English [ edit ] civil servant plural civil servants
A person employed in the civil service ; a government employee .
2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols ”, in The Economist
Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
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a government employee
Arabic: مُوَظَّف m ( muwaẓẓaf ) , مُوَظَّفَة f ( muwaẓẓafa )
Moroccan Arabic: موضاف m ( muḍḍāf ) , موضافة f ( muḍḍāfa )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公務員 (zh) , 公务员 (zh) ( gōngwùyuán )
Danish: embedsmand c tjenestemand c ( older officially regulated term )
Dutch: ambtenaar (nl) m ambtenares (nl) f
Estonian: riigiametnik
Finnish: virkamies (fi)
French: fonctionnaire (fr) m , f
Georgian: მოხელე ( moxele ) , სახელმწიფო მოსამსახურე ( saxelmc̣ipo mosamsaxure ) , საჯარო მოხელე ( saǯaro moxele ) , საჯარო მოსამსახურე ( saǯaro mosamsaxure )
German: Beamter (de) m Beamtin (de) f Funktionär (de) m Funktionärin f
Greek: δημόσιος υπάλληλος (el) m , f ( dimósios ypállilos )
Hungarian: köztisztviselő (hu)
Icelandic: opinber starfsmaður m ríkisstarfsmaður m
Italian: funzionario (it) m
Japanese: 公務員 (ja) ( こうむいん, kōmuin )
Javanese: amtenar
