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English
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin civilis (“‘relating to a citizen’”)
Adjective
civil (comparative more civil, superlative most civil)
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Positive civil |
Comparative more civil |
Superlative most civil |
- 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.
- Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.
- It was very civil of him to stop the argument.
Derived terms
French
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Pronunciation
Adjective
civil m. (f. civile, m. plural civils, f. plural civiles)
Noun
civil m. (plural civils)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Zivil, from French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“‘civic, civil’”), from cīvis (“‘citizen’”).
Noun
cìvīl m. (Cyrillic spelling цѝвӣл)
- civilian (not related to the military armed forces)
Declension
declension of civil| singular | plural | |
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| 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)
Related terms
Swedish
Adjective
civil
| Inflections of civil | ||
| Indefinite singular | Common | civil |
| Neuter | civilt | |
| Definite singular | Masc. | civile |
| All | civila | |
| Plural | civila | |
- 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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