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citizenship

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 T IH0 Z AH0 N SH IH2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

conduct as a citizen

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • award for good citizenship

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment

3

noun

Meaning 3

the status of a citizen with rights and duties

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legal status

History

Etymology

From citizen + -ship. Displaced native Old English burgrǣden, equivalent to borough + -red.

Across languages

Translations

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: burgerskap — state of being a citizen
  • Albanian: shtetësi — state of being a citizen
  • Arabic: مُوَاطِنِيَّة (muwāṭiniyya) — state of being a citizen
  • Arabic: مُوَاطَنَة (muwāṭana) — state of being a citizen
  • Armenian: քաղաքացիություն (kʻaġakʻacʻiutʻyun) — state of being a citizen
  • Assamese: নাগৰিকত্ব (nagrikotto) — state of being a citizen
  • Asturian: ciudadanía — state of being a citizen
  • Azerbaijani: vətəndaşlıq — state of being a citizen
  • Bashkir: гражданлыҡ (grajdanlıq) — state of being a citizen
  • Belarusian: грамадзя́нства (hramadzjánstva) — state of being a citizen
  • Bengali: নাগরিকতা (nagrikota) — state of being a citizen
  • Central Bikol: pagkahimanwa — state of being a citizen
  • Bulgarian: гра́жданство (gráždanstvo) — state of being a citizen
  • Bulgarian: по́данство (pódanstvo) — state of being a citizen
  • Burmese: နိုင်ငံသားအဖြစ် (nuingngamsa:a.hprac) — state of being a citizen
  • Catalan: ciutadania — state of being a citizen
  • Chinese Cantonese: 公民權 /公民权 (gung1 man4 kyun4) — state of being a citizen
  • Chinese Cantonese: 國籍 /国籍 (gwok3 zik6) — state of being a citizen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公民權 /公民权 (gōngmínquán) — state of being a citizen
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國籍 /国籍 (guójí) — state of being a citizen
  • Crimean Tatar: grajdanlıq — state of being a citizen
  • Czech: občanství — state of being a citizen
  • Danish: borgerskab — state of being a citizen
  • Danish: statsborgerskab — state of being a citizen
  • Dutch: burgerschap — state of being a citizen
  • Erzya: ошломаньксчи (ošlomańksči) — state of being a citizen
  • Estonian: kodakondsus — state of being a citizen
  • Faroese: ríkisborgararættur — state of being a citizen
  • Finnish: kansalaisuus — state of being a citizen
  • French: citoyenneté — state of being a citizen
  • French: nationalité — state of being a citizen
  • Galician: cidadanía — state of being a citizen
  • Georgian: მოქალაქეობა (mokalakeoba) — state of being a citizen
  • German: Staatsbürgerschaft — state of being a citizen
  • German: Staatsangehörigkeit — state of being a citizen
  • German: Bürgerschaft — state of being a citizen
  • Greek: υπηκοότητα (ypikoótita) — state of being a citizen
  • Greek: ιθαγένεια (ithagéneia) — state of being a citizen
  • Ancient Greek: πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā) — state of being a citizen
  • Gujarati: નાગરિકતા (nāgriktā) — state of being a citizen
  • Hebrew: אֶזְרָחוּת (ezrakhút) — state of being a citizen
  • Hindi: नागरिकता (nāgriktā) — state of being a citizen
  • Hungarian: állampolgárság — state of being a citizen
  • Icelandic: ríkisborgararéttur — state of being a citizen
  • Icelandic: ríkisfang — state of being a citizen
  • Indonesian: kependudukan — state of being a citizen
  • Indonesian: kewarganegaraan — state of being a citizen
  • Irish: saoránacht — state of being a citizen
  • Irish: cathróireacht — state of being a citizen
  • Italian: cittadinanza — state of being a citizen
  • Italian: senso civico — state of being a citizen
  • Japanese: 市民権 (shiminken) — state of being a citizen
  • Japanese: 公民権 (kōminken) — state of being a citizen
  • Japanese: 国籍 (kokuseki) — state of being a citizen
  • Kannada: ಪೌರತ್ವ (pauratva) — state of being a citizen
  • Kazakh: азаматтық (azamattyq) — state of being a citizen
  • Khmer: សញ្ជាតិ (sañciət) — state of being a citizen
  • Korean: 시민권 (simin'gwon) — state of being a citizen
  • Korean: 국적 (gukjeok) — state of being a citizen
  • Korean: 공민권 (gongmin'gwon) — state of being a citizen
  • Kyrgyz: граждандык (grajdandık) — state of being a citizen
  • Kyrgyz: жарандык (jarandık) — state of being a citizen
  • Kyrgyz: атуулдук (atuulduk) — state of being a citizen
  • Lao: ສັນຊາດ (san sāt) — state of being a citizen
  • Latin: cīvitās — state of being a citizen
  • Latvian: pilsonība — state of being a citizen
  • Lithuanian: pilietybė — state of being a citizen
  • Livvi: kanzalližus — state of being a citizen
  • Macedonian: државјанство (državjanstvo) — state of being a citizen
  • Macedonian: граѓанство (graǵanstvo) — state of being a citizen
  • Malay: kewarganegaraan — state of being a citizen
  • Malay: kerakyatan — state of being a citizen
  • Malayalam: പൗരത്വം (pauratvaṁ) — state of being a citizen
  • Manx: seyraanaght — state of being a citizen
  • Māori: kiriraraunga — state of being a citizen
  • Māori: raraunga — state of being a citizen
  • Mongolian: иргэншил (irgenšil) — state of being a citizen
  • Mongolian: харъяат (xarʺjaat) — state of being a citizen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: borgerskap — state of being a citizen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: statsborgerskap — state of being a citizen
  • Occitan: ciutadanetat — state of being a citizen
  • Old English: burgræden — state of being a citizen
  • Pannonian Rusyn: державянство (deržavjanstvo) — state of being a citizen
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гражданство (hraždanstvo) — state of being a citizen
  • Pashto: تابعيت (tābe'yat) — state of being a citizen
  • Iranian Persian: شَهْرْوَنْدَان (šahrvandân) — state of being a citizen
  • Iranian Persian: شَهْرْوَنْدی (šahrvandi) — state of being a citizen
  • Iranian Persian: تابِعِیَّت (tâbe'iyyat) — state of being a citizen
  • Polish: obywatelstwo — state of being a citizen
  • Portuguese: cidadania — state of being a citizen
  • Punjabi: ਨਾਗਰਿਕਤਾ (nāgrikatā) — state of being a citizen
  • Romanian: cetățenie — state of being a citizen
  • Russian: гражда́нство (graždánstvo) — state of being a citizen
  • Russian: по́дданство (póddanstvo) — state of being a citizen
  • Scottish Gaelic: saoranachd — state of being a citizen
  • Serbo-Croatian: државља́нство — state of being a citizen
  • Serbo-Croatian: др̀жавља̄нство — state of being a citizen
  • Serbo-Croatian: državljánstvo — state of being a citizen
  • Serbo-Croatian: dr̀žavljānstvo — state of being a citizen
  • Sinhalese: පුරවැසි බව (purawæsi bawa) — state of being a citizen
  • Slovak: občianstvo — state of being a citizen
  • Slovene: državljanstvo — state of being a citizen
  • Spanish: ciudadanía — state of being a citizen
  • Swahili: uraia — state of being a citizen
  • Swedish: medborgarskap — state of being a citizen
  • Tagalog: pagkamamamayan — state of being a citizen
  • Tajik: табаият (tabayiyat) — state of being a citizen
  • Tajik: гражданият (graždaniyat) — state of being a citizen
  • Tajik: шаҳрвандон (šahrvandon) — state of being a citizen
  • Tajik: шаҳрвандӣ (šahrvandi) — state of being a citizen
  • Tamil: குடியுரிமை (kuṭiyurimai) — state of being a citizen
  • Tatar: ватандашлык (watandaşlıq) — state of being a citizen
  • Telugu: పౌరసత్వం (paurasatvaṁ) — state of being a citizen
  • Thai: สัญชาติ (sǎn-châat) — state of being a citizen
  • Turkish: vatandaşlık — state of being a citizen
  • Turkish: yurttaşlık — state of being a citizen
  • Turkmen: raýatlyk — state of being a citizen
  • Ukrainian: громадя́нство (hromadjánstvo) — state of being a citizen
  • Urdu: شَہْرِیَّت (śahriyyat) — state of being a citizen
  • Uyghur: پۇقرالىق (puqraliq) — state of being a citizen
  • Uzbek: tabaalik — state of being a citizen
  • Uzbek: grajdanlik — state of being a citizen
  • Uzbek: fuqarolik — state of being a citizen
  • Vietnamese: quyền công dân — state of being a citizen
  • Vietnamese: quốc tịch — state of being a citizen
  • Welsh: dinasyddiaeth — state of being a citizen
  • Yiddish: בירגערשאַפֿט (birgershaft) — state of being a citizen
Real reading context

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