FromMiddle English cyvyl civil Old French civil Latin cīvīlis ( “ relating to a citizen ” ) , fromcīvis ( “ citizen ” ) . Cognate withOld English hīwen ( “ household ” ) ,hīrǣden ( “ family ” ) . More athind hird
civil (comparative morecivil or civiler superlative mostcivil or civilest
( not comparable ) government office as opposed to the military or religion.She went intocivil service because she wanted to help the people.
( comparable ) reasonable orpolite manner; avoiding displays ofhostility .Antonyms: anti-civil impolite inconsiderate noncivil rude It was verycivil of him to stop the argument.
They despise each other, but they are alwayscivil in public.
( archaic ) peaceful andwell-ordered state .1593 The Life and Death of Iacke Straw [ … ] Act I :Herein thou haſt done good ſeruice to thy country:ciuill , and from all ſuch dealings free.
( law ) criminal matters.acivil case
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, theircivil Righteousness will do them little good, for they shall never see the Kingdom of God.
2008 God Betrayed ,→ISBN 174 :The word from which "evil" in Romans 13.4 is translated means "generally opposed tocivil goodness or virtue, in a commonwealth, and not to spiritual good, or religion, in the church.
2013 Calvin's Complete Commentary, Volume 7: Acts to Ephesians :Some grammarians explain this passage as referring to acivil sanctity, in respect of the children being reckoned legitimate, but in this respect the condition of unbelievers is in no degree worse.
related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
Arabic:مَدَنِيّ ( madaniyy ) ,أَهْلِيّ ( ʔahliyy ) Asturian:civil Azerbaijani:mülki (az) Basque:zibil Belarusian:грамадзя́нскі ( hramadzjánski ) ,цыві́льны ( cyvílʹny ) ,грама́дзкi ( hramádzki ) Breton:keodedel Bulgarian:гра́ждански (bg) ( gráždanski ) ,циви́лен (bg) ( civílen ) Catalan:civil (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:民事的 (zh) ( mínshì de ) Czech:civilní (cs) Danish:civil (da) Dutch:burgerlijk (nl) ,civiel (nl) Esperanto:civila Finnish:kansalais -siviili - French:civil (fr) Galician:civil (gl) German:zivil (de) ,bürgerlich (de) Hebrew:אֶזְרָחִי (he) m ( ezrakhí ) Hindi:सिविल (hi) ( sivil ) ,नागरिक (hi) ( nāgrik ) Hungarian:polgári (hu) Indonesian:sipil (id) Irish:sibhialta Italian:civile (it) Japanese:民事 (ja) ( みんじ, minji ) ,民事上 ( みんじじょう, minjijō ) ,民事的 ( みんじてき, minjiteki ) Kazakh:азаматтық (kk) ( azamattyq ) Khmer:ស៊ីវិល ( siivɨl ) Korean:민사(民事) (ko) ( minsa ) Kyrgyz:жарандык (ky) ( jarandık ) ,граждандык (ky) ( grajdandık ) Latin:cīvīlis (la) Latvian:pilsonisks Macedonian:граѓански ( graǵanski ) Malay:sivil Maori:rarautake Occitan:civil (oc) Persian:شهری (fa) ( šahri ) ,مدنی (fa) ( madani ) Piedmontese:sivil Polish:cywilny (pl) Portuguese:civil (pt) Russian:гражда́нский (ru) ( graždánskij ) ,шта́тский (ru) ( štátskij ) ,циви́льный (ru) ( civílʹnyj ) Scottish Gaelic:catharra sìobhalta Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:гра̏ђанскӣ цѝвӣлнӣ Roman:grȁđanskī (sh) ,cìvīlnī (sh) Slovak:civilný Slovene:civilen Spanish:civil (es) Swedish:civil (sv) Tagalog:bayanhin Tajik:гражданӣ ( graždani ) ,шаҳрвандӣ (tg) ( šahrvandi ) ,маданӣ (tg) ( madani ) Turkish:sivil (tr) Ukrainian:громадя́нський ( hromadjánsʹkyj ) ,шта́тський ( štátsʹkyj ) ,циві́льний (uk) ( cyvílʹnyj ) Uzbek:grajdan (uz) Welsh:sifil (cy)
behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
Bulgarian:ве́жлив (bg) ( véžliv ) ,учти́в (bg) ( učtív ) Catalan:civil (ca) Czech:civilizovaný slušný (cs) ,kulturní (cs) ,vychovaný Danish:høflig (da) ,civiliseret Dutch:beschaafd (nl) ,geciviliseerd (nl) Finnish:kohtelias (fi) ,asiallinen (fi) French:civil (fr) German:zivilisiert (de) Hebrew:מנומס m ( menumás ) Hindi:सिविल (hi) ( sivil ) ,मिलनसार (hi) ( milansār ) ,सभ्य (hi) ( sabhya ) Indonesian:beradab (id) Irish:sibhialta béasach Japanese:うやうやしい (ja) ( uyauyashī ) ,礼やか ( いややか, iyayaka ) Macedonian:во́спитан ( vóspitan ) ,ку́лтурен ( kúlturen ) ,у́чтив ( účtiv ) ,цивилизи́ран ( civilizíran ) Malay:sivil Manx:beasagh Portuguese:civil (pt) ,civilizado (pt) Russian:цивилизо́ванный (ru) ( civilizóvannyj ) ,воспи́танный (ru) ( vospítannyj ) ,культу́рный (ru) ( kulʹtúrnyj ) ,ве́жливый (ru) ( véžlivyj ) Slovak:civilizovaný slušný kultúrny (sk) ,vychovaný Spanish:civil (es) Swedish:civiliserad (sv)
law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters
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“civil ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . civil inKeywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary , edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “civil ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC Borrowed fromLatin cīvīlis
civil (epicene plural civiles
civil civilian "civil " inDiccionariu de la Llingua Asturiana Borrowed fromLatin cīvīlis
civil m or f masculine and feminine plural civils
civil Antonym: incivil civilian Antonym: militar civil m or f by sense plural civils
a member of theguàrdia civil civil m plural civils
( colloquial ) sardine Synonym: arengada From clipping ofEnglish civil engineering
civil
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) civil engineering ;civil engineer civil m anim
( informal ) civilian ( non-military person ) Synonym: civilista Declension ofcivil (hard masculine animate )
“civil ”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957 “civil ”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989 Borrowed fromLatin cīvīlis
civil
civil ( all senses ) ,civilian Inflection ofcivil positive comparative superlative indefinite 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,2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Borrowed fromLatin cīvīlis
civil (feminine civile masculine plural civils feminine plural civiles
civil ( war, marriage etc. ) ( politics ) lay civilian ( literary ) civil courteous ,polite civil m plural civils feminine civile
civilian Learned borrowing fromLatin cīvīlis
civil m or f plural civís
civil civilian Borrowed fromGerman Zivil Latin cīvīlis ( “ relating to a citizen ” ) , fromcīvis ( “ citizen ” ) .[ 1]
IPA (key ) : [ˈt͡sivil] Hyphenation:ci‧vil Rhymes:-il civil notcomparable )
civilian ( not related to the military, police or other governmental professions ) Synonym: polgári civil szervezetnon-governmental organizationpolgár háborúcivil warcivil (plural civilek
civilian ( a person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces ) civil in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . civil in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language (work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024) .civil (not comparable )
civil civilian ( not associated with the armed forces ) Borrowed fromLatin cīvīlis cīvis ( “ citizen ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱey- ( “ to lie down, settle; home, family; love; beloved ” ) .
civil m
( Jersey ) polite ( Jersey ) civil Borrowed fromLatin cīvīlis
civil m feminine singular civila masculine plural civils feminine plural civilas
civil Borrowed fromLatin cīvīlis ( “ civil ” ) , fromcīvis ( “ citizen ” ) .Doublet ofcível
Rhymes:( Portugal ) -il ( Brazil ) -iw Hyphenation:ci‧vil civil m or f plural civis
civil civilian ( not relating to the military or clergy ) Se não quiser levar um tiro, use roupascivis . ―If you don’t want to be shot, usecivilian clothing. civic ( relating to citizens ) Synonym: cívico Antonym: militar Deves cumprir tua obrigaçãocivil . ―You must perform yourcivic duty. ( law ) civil law Synonym: cível Antonym: criminal Estudo direitocivil . ―I studycivil law. occurring between the inhabitants of the same countryGuerracivil . ―Civil war. civil ( behaving in a reasonable or polite manner ) Synonyms: civilizado cortês educado polido Antonyms: deseducado grosseiro deselegante feio Seja maiscivil e pare de criticar as pessoas. ―Be morecivil and stop criticising people. civil m or f by sense plural civis
civilian , non-combatant( person who is not a member of the military, police or belligerent group ) “civil ”, iniDicionário Aulete 2008 –2025 “civil ”, inDicionário inFormal (in Portuguese),2006 –2025 “civil ” inDicionário Aberto based onNovo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913 “civil ”, inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa 2003 –2025 “civil ”, inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa 2015 –2025 “civil ”, inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa 2008 –2025 țivil archaic and popular Borrowed fromFrench civil Latin cīvīlis
civil m or n feminine singular civilă masculine plural civili feminine and neuter plural civile
civil civil m plural civili
civilian Borrowed fromGerman Zivil French civil Latin cīvīlis ( “ civic, civil ” ) , fromcīvis ( “ citizen ” ) .
cìvīl m Cyrillic spelling цѝвӣл
civilian ( not related to the military armed forces ) Borrowed fromLatin cīvīlis ( “ civil, civic ” ) , fromcīvis ( “ citizen ” ) .
civil m or f masculine and feminine plural civiles superlative civilísimo
civil ( all senses ) Borrowed fromLatin cīvīlis
civil
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( nominalized , chiefly in theplural ) civilian Inflection ofcivil Indefinite positive comparative superlative1 common singular civil — — neuter singular civilt — — plural civila — — masculine plural2 civile — — Definite positive comparative superlative masculine singular3 civile — — all civila — —
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
