citizen

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• UK: /ˈsɪtɪzən/
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• US: /ˈsɪtɪsən/
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From Middle English citeseyn (“inhabitant of a city or town”), citezein, citisein, from Anglo-Norman citesain (“city-dweller, town-dweller”), citesein, citezein, alteration of citeien from cite (“city”) + -ien (“-ain”) (probable variant of cithein perhaps influenced by dainzain (“denizen”), deinzein), from Old French cite (“city”) + -ien (whence French citoyen), from earlier citet, from Latin civitatem, citatem, from civis. See also city. Displaced native Old English burhsittend and Old English ceasterware.

379 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: burger — legal member of a state
• Albanian: shtetas — legal member of a state
• Arabic: مُوَاطِن (muwāṭin) — legal member of a state
• Arabic: مُوَاطِنَة (muwāṭina) — legal member of a state
• Armenian: քաղաքացի (kʻaġakʻacʻi) — legal member of a state
• Asturian: ciudadanu — legal member of a state
• Azerbaijani: vətəndaş — legal member of a state
• Azerbaijani: yurddaş — legal member of a state
• Bashkir: граждан (grajdan) — legal member of a state
• Belarusian: грамадзя́нін (hramadzjánin) — legal member of a state
• Belarusian: грамадзя́нка (hramadzjánka) — legal member of a state
• Bengali: নাগরিক (nagrik) — legal member of a state
• Central Bikol: namamanwaan — legal member of a state
• Bulgarian: гра́жданин (gráždanin) — legal member of a state
• Bulgarian: гра́жданка (gráždanka) — legal member of a state
• Bulgarian: гра́жданче (gráždanče) — legal member of a state
• Burmese: နိုင်ငံသား (nuingngamsa:) — legal member of a state
• Catalan: ciutadà — legal member of a state
• Catalan: ciutadana — legal member of a state
• Cebuano: lungsoranon — legal member of a state
• Chinese Cantonese: 公民 (gung1 man4) — legal member of a state
• Chinese Cantonese: 國民 /国民 (gwok3 man4) — legal member of a state
• Eastern Min Chinese: 公民 (gŭng-mìng) — legal member of a state
• Eastern Min Chinese: 國民 /国民 (guók-mìng) — legal member of a state
• Chinese: 公民 (zh-min-nan) — legal member of a state
• Chinese: 國民 /国民 (zh-min-nan) — legal member of a state
• Chinese Mandarin: 公民 (gōngmín) — legal member of a state
• Chinese Mandarin: 國民 /国民 (guómín) — legal member of a state
• Wu Chinese: 公民 (1kon-min) — legal member of a state
• Wu Chinese: 國民 /国民 (7koq-min) — legal member of a state
• Crimean Tatar: vatandaş — legal member of a state
• Czech: občan — legal member of a state
• Czech: občanka — legal member of a state
• Danish: borger — legal member of a state
• Danish: statsborger — legal member of a state
• Dutch: burger — legal member of a state
• Dutch: staatsburger — legal member of a state
• Erzya: ошаля (ošaľa) — legal member of a state
• Erzya: ошава (ošava) — legal member of a state
• Erzya: ошломань (ošlomań) — legal member of a state
• Esperanto: civitano — legal member of a state
• Esperanto: civitanino — legal member of a state
• Estonian: kodanik — legal member of a state
• Finnish: kansalainen — legal member of a state
• French: citoyen — legal member of a state
• French: citoyenne — legal member of a state
• Galician: cidadán — legal member of a state
• Galician: cidadá — legal member of a state
• Georgian: მოქალაქე (mokalake) — legal member of a state
• German: Staatsbürger — legal member of a state
• German: Staatsbürgerin — legal member of a state
• German: Bürger — legal member of a state
• German: Bürgerin — legal member of a state
• Middle High German: burgære — legal member of a state
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌾𐌰 (baurgja) — legal member of a state
• Greek: πολίτης (polítis) — legal member of a state
• Greek: υπήκοος (ypíkoos) — legal member of a state
• Ancient Greek: πολίτης (polítēs) — legal member of a state
• Hebrew: אֶזרָח (ezrákh) — legal member of a state
• Hindi: नागरिक (nāgrik) — legal member of a state
• Hindi: शहरी (śahrī) — legal member of a state
• Hungarian: állampolgár — legal member of a state
• Icelandic: ríkisborgari — legal member of a state
• Indonesian: warga negara — legal member of a state
• Indonesian: rakyat — legal member of a state
• Irish: saoránach — legal member of a state
• Italian: cittadino — legal member of a state
• Italian: cittadina — legal member of a state
• Japanese: 公民 (kōmin) — legal member of a state
• Japanese: 国民 (kokumin) — legal member of a state
• Kabyle: aɣerman — legal member of a state
• Kabyle: taɣermant — legal member of a state
• Kapampangan: memalen — legal member of a state
• Kazakh: азамат (azamat) — legal member of a state
• Khmer: ពលរដ្ឋ (pŭəllĕəʼrŏət) — legal member of a state
• Korean: 국민 (gungmin) — legal member of a state
• Northern Kurdish: welatî — legal member of a state
• Northern Kurdish: hevwelatî — legal member of a state
• Northern Kurdish: welatvan — legal member of a state
• Kyrgyz: гражданин (grajdanin) — legal member of a state
• Kyrgyz: жаран (jaran) — legal member of a state
• Kyrgyz: атуул (atuul) — legal member of a state
• Lao: ພົນລະເມືອງ (phon la mư̄ang) — legal member of a state
• Latin: cīvis — legal member of a state
• Latvian: pilsonis — legal member of a state
• Latvian: pilsone — legal member of a state
• Lithuanian: pilietis — legal member of a state
• Lithuanian: pilietė — legal member of a state
• Livvi: kanzalaine — legal member of a state
• Macedonian: државјанин (državjanin) — legal member of a state
• Macedonian: државјанка (državjanka) — legal member of a state
• Macedonian: граѓанин (graǵanin) — legal member of a state
• Macedonian: граѓанка (graǵanka) — legal member of a state
• Malay: warganegara — legal member of a state
• Malayalam: പൗരൻ (pauraṉ) — legal member of a state
• Maltese: ċittadin — legal member of a state
• Māori: tangatawhenua — legal member of a state
• Māori: kirirarau — legal member of a state
• Marathi: नागरिक (nāgrik) — legal member of a state
• Mongolian: иргэн (irgen) — legal member of a state
• Mongolian: ᠢᠷᠭᠡᠨ (irgen) — legal member of a state
• Norman: citouoyen — legal member of a state
• Norman: citouoyenne — legal member of a state
• Norwegian Bokmål: borger — legal member of a state
• Norwegian Bokmål: statsborger — legal member of a state
• Norwegian Nynorsk: borgar — legal member of a state
• Norwegian Nynorsk: statsborgar — legal member of a state
• Occitan: ciutadan — legal member of a state
• Occitan: ciutadana — legal member of a state
• Pannonian Rusyn: державян (deržavjan) — legal member of a state
• Pannonian Rusyn: державянка (deržavjanka) — legal member of a state
• Pannonian Rusyn: граждан (hraždan) — legal member of a state
• Pannonian Rusyn: гражданка (hraždanka) — legal member of a state
• Pashto: وګړى (wagᶕṛay) — legal member of a state
• Pashto: تابع (tābe') — legal member of a state
• Pashto: تبعه (taba'a) — legal member of a state
• Pashto: رعيت (ra'yat) — legal member of a state
• Iranian Persian: شَهْرْوَنْد (šahrvand) — legal member of a state
• Plautdietsch: Birja — legal member of a state
• Polish: obywatel — legal member of a state
• Polish: obywatelka — legal member of a state
• Portuguese: cidadão — legal member of a state
• Portuguese: cidadã — legal member of a state
• Romanian: cetățean — legal member of a state
• Romanian: cetățeană — legal member of a state
• Russian: граждани́н (graždanín) — legal member of a state
• Russian: гражда́нка (graždánka) — legal member of a state
• Russian: по́дданный (póddannyj) — legal member of a state
• Russian: по́дданная (póddannaja) — legal member of a state
• Scots: ceetizen — legal member of a state
• Scottish Gaelic: saoranach — legal member of a state
• Serbo-Croatian: др̀жављанин — legal member of a state
• Serbo-Croatian: др̀жавља̄нка — legal member of a state
• Serbo-Croatian: dr̀žavljanin — legal member of a state
• Serbo-Croatian: dr̀žavljānka — legal member of a state
• Shan: ၵူၼ်းမိူင်း (kúun móeng) — legal member of a state
• Sinhalese: පුරවැසියා (purawæsiyā) — legal member of a state
• Slovak: občan — legal member of a state
• Slovak: občianka — legal member of a state
• Slovene: državljan — legal member of a state
• Slovene: državljanka — legal member of a state
• Spanish: ciudadano — legal member of a state
• Spanish: ciudadana — legal member of a state
• Swahili: mwananchi — legal member of a state
• Swedish: medborgare — legal member of a state
• Swedish: statsborgare — legal member of a state
• Tagalog: mamamayan — legal member of a state
• Tajik: шаҳрванд (šahrvand) — legal member of a state
• Tajik: гражданин (graždanin) — legal member of a state
• Tamil: குடிமகன் (kuṭimakaṉ) — legal member of a state
• Tamil: குடிமகள் (kuṭimakaḷ) — legal member of a state
• Tamil: குடிமக்கள் (kuṭimakkaḷ) — legal member of a state
• Tamil: பிரஜை (pirajai) — legal member of a state
• Tatar: ватандаш (watandaş) — legal member of a state
• Thai: พลเมือง (pon-lá-mʉʉang) — legal member of a state
• Turkish: yurttaş — legal member of a state
• Turkish: vatandaş — legal member of a state
• Turkmen: grajjdan — legal member of a state
• Turkmen: raýat — legal member of a state
• Ukrainian: громадя́нин (hromadjányn) — legal member of a state
• Ukrainian: громадя́нка (hromadjánka) — legal member of a state
• Urdu: شَہْری (śahrī) — legal member of a state
• Urdu: ناگْرِک (nāgrik) — legal member of a state
• Uyghur: گراژدان (grazhdan) — legal member of a state
• Uyghur: پۇقرا (puqra) — legal member of a state
• Uzbek: shaharlik — legal member of a state
• Uzbek: grajdan — legal member of a state
• Vietnamese: công dân — legal member of a state
• Welsh: dinesydd — legal member of a state
• Yiddish: בירגער (birger) — legal member of a state
• Bulgarian: гра́жданин (gráždanin) — antonym to "subject"
• Bulgarian: гра́жданка (gráždanka) — antonym to "subject"
• Chinese Mandarin: 市民 (shìmín) — antonym to "subject"
• Estonian: kodanik — antonym to "subject"
• Finnish: kansalainen — antonym to "subject"
• Greek: πολίτης (polítis) — antonym to "subject"
• Hungarian: polgár — antonym to "subject"
• Japanese: 臣民 (shinmin) — antonym to "subject"
• Japanese: 人民 (jinmin) — antonym to "subject"
• Japanese: 民衆 (minshū) — antonym to "subject"
• Japanese: 民 (tami) — antonym to "subject"
• Macedonian: граѓанин (graǵanin) — antonym to "subject"
• Macedonian: граѓанка (graǵanka) — antonym to "subject"
• Portuguese: cidadão — antonym to "subject"
• Russian: граждани́н (graždanín) — antonym to "subject"
• Russian: гражда́нка (graždánka) — antonym to "subject"
• Serbo-Croatian: гра̏ђа̄нка — antonym to "subject"
• Serbo-Croatian: гра̏ђанин — antonym to "subject"
• Serbo-Croatian: grȁđānka — antonym to "subject"
• Serbo-Croatian: grȁđanin — antonym to "subject"
• Armenian: քաղաքացի (kʻaġakʻacʻi) — legal resident of a city
• Bulgarian: жи́тел (žítel) — legal resident of a city
• Bulgarian: жи́телка (žítelka) — legal resident of a city
• Catalan: ciutadà — legal resident of a city
• Chinese Mandarin: 市民 (shìmín) — legal resident of a city
• Dutch: burger — legal resident of a city
• Dutch: poorter — legal resident of a city
• Dutch: stadsburger — legal resident of a city
• Estonian: linnaelanik — legal resident of a city
• Finnish: kaupunkilainen — legal resident of a city
• Finnish: porvari — legal resident of a city
• French: citoyen — legal resident of a city
• French: citoyenne — legal resident of a city
• French: habitant — legal resident of a city
• French: habitante — legal resident of a city
• Georgian: მოქალაქე (mokalake) — legal resident of a city
• German: Einwohner — legal resident of a city
• German: Einwohnerin — legal resident of a city
• German: Bürger — legal resident of a city
• German: Bürgerin — legal resident of a city
• Greek: δημότης (dimótis) — legal resident of a city
• Hungarian: városlakó — legal resident of a city
• Hungarian: város polgára — legal resident of a city
• Hungarian: városi polgár — legal resident of a city
• Icelandic: borgari — legal resident of a city
• Icelandic: íbúi — legal resident of a city
• Indonesian: warga kota — legal resident of a city
• Irish: cathróir — legal resident of a city
• Italian: cittadino — legal resident of a city
• Italian: cittadina — legal resident of a city
• Japanese: 市民 (shimin) — legal resident of a city
• Korean: 시민 (simin) — legal resident of a city
• Latin: burgēnsis — legal resident of a city
• Luxembourgish: Bierger — legal resident of a city
• Luxembourgish: Biergerin — legal resident of a city
• Macedonian: граѓанин (graǵanin) — legal resident of a city
• Macedonian: граѓанка (graǵanka) — legal resident of a city
• Norman: citouoyen — legal resident of a city
• Norman: citouoyenne — legal resident of a city
• Pannonian Rusyn: граждан (hraždan) — legal resident of a city
• Pannonian Rusyn: гражданка (hraždanka) — legal resident of a city
• Polish: mieszkaniec — legal resident of a city
• Polish: obywatel — legal resident of a city
• Portuguese: citadino — legal resident of a city
• Portuguese: citadina — legal resident of a city
• Russian: горожа́нин (gorožánin) — legal resident of a city
• Russian: горожа́нка (gorožánka) — legal resident of a city
• Russian: жи́тель (žítelʹ) — legal resident of a city
• Russian: жи́тельница (žítelʹnica) — legal resident of a city
• Scottish Gaelic: saoranach — legal resident of a city
• Serbo-Croatian: гра̏ђа̄нка — legal resident of a city
• Serbo-Croatian: гра̏ђанин — legal resident of a city
• Serbo-Croatian: grȁđānka — legal resident of a city
• Serbo-Croatian: grȁđanin — legal resident of a city
• Sinhalese: පුරවැසියා (purawæsiyā) — legal resident of a city
• Slovene: meščan — legal resident of a city
• Slovene: meščanka — legal resident of a city
• Slovene: občan — legal resident of a city
• Slovene: občanka — legal resident of a city
• Swedish: innevånare — legal resident of a city
• Arabic: سَاكِن (sākin) — resident of any particular place
• Arabic: سَاكِنَة (sākina) — resident of any particular place
• Belarusian: жыха́р (žyxár) — resident of any particular place
• Belarusian: жыха́рка (žyxárka) — resident of any particular place
• Belarusian: насе́льнік (nasjélʹnik) — resident of any particular place
• Belarusian: насе́льніца (nasjélʹnica) — resident of any particular place
• Belarusian: жы́цель (žýcjelʹ) — resident of any particular place
• Belarusian: жы́целька (žýcjelʹka) — resident of any particular place
• Bulgarian: жи́тел (žítel) — resident of any particular place
• Bulgarian: жи́телка (žítelka) — resident of any particular place
• Chinese Mandarin: 居民 (jūmín) — resident of any particular place
• Czech: obyvatel — resident of any particular place
• Czech: obyvatelka — resident of any particular place
• Danish: indbygger — resident of any particular place
• Dutch: burger — resident of any particular place
• Dutch: inwoner — resident of any particular place
• Estonian: kodanik — resident of any particular place
• Finnish: kansalainen — resident of any particular place
• French: habitant — resident of any particular place
• French: habitante — resident of any particular place
• French: résident — resident of any particular place
• French: résidente — resident of any particular place
• German: Einwohner — resident of any particular place
• Greek: κάτοικος (kátoikos) — resident of any particular place
• Hungarian: lakó — resident of any particular place
• Indonesian: warga — resident of any particular place
• Irish: cathróir — resident of any particular place
• Italian: cittadino — resident of any particular place
• Italian: cittadina — resident of any particular place
• Italian: residente — resident of any particular place
• Japanese: 住民 (jūmin) — resident of any particular place
• Korean: 주민 (jumin) — resident of any particular place
• Macedonian: жител (žitel) — resident of any particular place
• Macedonian: жителка (žitelka) — resident of any particular place
• Norwegian Bokmål: innbygger — resident of any particular place
• Polish: mieszkaniec — resident of any particular place
• Polish: mieszkanka — resident of any particular place
• Portuguese: morador — resident of any particular place
• Portuguese: moradora — resident of any particular place
• Portuguese: residente — resident of any particular place
• Portuguese: habitante — resident of any particular place
• Russian: жи́тель (žítelʹ) — resident of any particular place
• Russian: жи́тельница (žítelʹnica) — resident of any particular place
• Scottish Gaelic: saoranach — resident of any particular place
• Serbo-Croatian: стано̀внӣк — resident of any particular place
• Serbo-Croatian: стано̀вница — resident of any particular place
• Serbo-Croatian: stanòvnīk — resident of any particular place
• Serbo-Croatian: stanòvnica — resident of any particular place
• Slovak: obyvateľ — resident of any particular place
• Slovak: obyvateľka — resident of any particular place
• Slovene: prebivalec — resident of any particular place
• Slovene: prebivalka — resident of any particular place
• Swedish: innevånare — resident of any particular place
• Ukrainian: ме́шканець (méškanecʹ) — resident of any particular place
• Ukrainian: ме́шканка (méškanka) — resident of any particular place
• Ukrainian: жи́тель (žýtelʹ) — resident of any particular place
• Ukrainian: жи́телька (žýtelʹka) — resident of any particular place
• Arabic: مَدَنِيّ (madaniyy) — civilian
• Arabic: مَدَنِيَّة (madaniyya) — civilian
• Belarusian: цыві́льны чалаве́к (cyvílʹny čalavjék) — civilian
• Belarusian: цыві́льная асо́ба (cyvílʹnaja asóba) — civilian
• Bulgarian: циви́лен (civílen) — civilian
• Bulgarian: циви́лно лице́ (civílno licé) — civilian
• Chinese Mandarin: 平民 (píngmín) — civilian
• Czech: civilista — civilian
• Czech: civilistka — civilian
• Danish: civilist — civilian
• Dutch: burger — civilian
• Dutch: particulier — civilian
• Esperanto: civilulo — civilian
• Esperanto: civilulino — civilian
• Estonian: tsivilist — civilian
• Estonian: eraisik — civilian
• Finnish: kansalainen — civilian
• Finnish: siviili — civilian
• French: civil — civilian
• French: civile — civilian
• German: Zivilist — civilian
• German: Zivilistin — civilian
• Greek: πολίτης (polítis) — civilian
• Hebrew: אֶזְרָח (ezrákh) — civilian
• Hebrew: אֶזְרָחִית (ezrakhít) — civilian
• Hungarian: civil — civilian
• Indonesian: warga sipil — civilian
• Irish: sibhialtach — civilian
• Italian: civile — civilian
• Japanese: 文民 (bunmin) — civilian
• Japanese: 民間人 (minkanjin) — civilian
• Korean: 민간인 (min'ganin) — civilian
• Latvian: civilists — civilian
• Latvian: civiliste — civilian
• Lithuanian: civilis — civilian
• Lithuanian: civilisė — civilian
• Macedonian: цивил (civil) — civilian
• Malayalam: പൗരൻ (pauraṉ) — civilian
• Norwegian Bokmål: sivilist — civilian
• Persian: غِیرنِظامی (ġeyrenezâmi) — civilian
• Polish: cywil — civilian
• Portuguese: civil — civilian
• Romanian: civil — civilian
• Romanian: civilă — civilian
• Russian: гражда́нское лицо́ (graždánskoje licó) — civilian
• Russian: гражда́нский челове́к (graždánskij čelovék) — civilian
• Russian: гражда́нский (graždánskij) — civilian
• Russian: шта́тский (štátskij) — civilian
• Russian: ми́рный жи́тель (mírnyj žítelʹ) — civilian
• Russian: ми́рная жи́тельница (mírnaja žítelʹnica) — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: цѝвӣл — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: цивѝлист — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: цивѝлисткиња — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: цивилистица — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: грађанска особа — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: cìvīl — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: civìlist — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: civìlistkinja — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: civilistica — civilian
• Serbo-Croatian: građanska osoba — civilian
• Slovak: civilista — civilian
• Slovak: civilistka — civilian
• Slovene: civilist — civilian
• Slovene: civilistka — civilian
• Swedish: civilist — civilian
• Tajik: ғайринизомӣ (ġayrinizomi) — civilian
• Turkish: sivil — civilian
• Turkish: halk — civilian
• Ukrainian: циві́льна осо́ба (cyvílʹna osóba) — civilian
• Ukrainian: циві́льна люди́на (cyvílʹna ljudýna) — civilian
• Ukrainian: циві́льний (cyvílʹnyj) — civilian
• Welsh: dinesydd — civilian