civil

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• ʹsĭv-əl
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From Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin cīvīlis (“relating to a citizen”), from cīvis (“citizen”). Cognate with Old English hīwen (“household”), hīrǣden (“family”). More at hind; hird. (polite): Compare typologically urbane (<< Latin urbs), courteous (akin to court).

129 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Arabic: مَدَنِيّ (madaniyy) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Arabic: أَهْلِيّ (ʔahliyy) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Armenian: քաղաքացիական (kʻaġakʻacʻiakan) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Asturian: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Azerbaijani: mülki — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Basque: zibil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Belarusian: грамадзя́нскі (hramadzjánski) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Belarusian: цыві́льны (cyvílʹny) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Belarusian: грама́дзкi (hramádzki) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Breton: keodedel — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Bulgarian: гра́ждански (gráždanski) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Bulgarian: циви́лен (civílen) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Catalan: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Chinese Mandarin: 民事的 (mínshì de) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Czech: civilní — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Danish: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Dutch: burgerlijk — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Dutch: civiel — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Esperanto: civila — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Finnish: kansalais- — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Finnish: siviili- — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• French: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Galician: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Georgian: სამოქალაქო (samokalako) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• German: zivil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• German: bürgerlich — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Greek: πολιτικός (politikós) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Hebrew: אֶזְרָחִי (ezrakhí) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Hindi: सिविल (sivil) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Hindi: नागरिक (nāgrik) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Hungarian: polgári — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Indonesian: sipil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Irish: sibhialta — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Italian: civile — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Japanese: 民事 (minji) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Japanese: 民事上 (minjijō) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Japanese: 民事的 (minjiteki) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Kazakh: азаматтық (azamattyq) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Khmer: ស៊ីវិល — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Korean: 민사 (minsa) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Kyrgyz: жарандык (jarandık) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Kyrgyz: граждандык (grajdandık) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Latin: cīvīlis — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Latvian: pilsonisks — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Macedonian: граѓански (graǵanski) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Macedonian: цивилен (civilen) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Malay: sivil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Māori: rarautake — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Occitan: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Iranian Persian: شَهْری (šahri) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Iranian Persian: مَدَنی (madani) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Piedmontese: sivil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Polish: cywilny — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Portuguese: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Romanian: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Russian: гражда́нский (graždánskij) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Russian: шта́тский (štátskij) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Russian: циви́льный (civílʹnyj) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Scottish Gaelic: catharra — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Scottish Gaelic: sìobhalta — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Serbo-Croatian: гра̏ђанскӣ — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Serbo-Croatian: цѝвӣлнӣ — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Serbo-Croatian: grȁđanskī — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Serbo-Croatian: cìvīlnī — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Slovak: civilný — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Slovene: civilen — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Spanish: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Swedish: civil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Tagalog: bayanhin — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Tajik: гражданӣ (graždani) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Tajik: шаҳрвандӣ (šahrvandi) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Tajik: маданӣ (madani) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Turkish: sivil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Ukrainian: громадя́нський (hromadjánsʹkyj) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Ukrainian: шта́тський (štátsʹkyj) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Ukrainian: циві́льний (cyvílʹnyj) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Urdu: شَہْری (śahrī) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Urdu: مَدَنی (madanī) — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Uzbek: grajdan — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Welsh: sifil — related to people and government office as opposed to military or religion
• Bulgarian: ве́жлив (véžliv) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Bulgarian: учти́в (učtív) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Catalan: civil — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Czech: civilizovaný — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Czech: slušný — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Czech: kulturní — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Czech: vychovaný — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Danish: høflig — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Danish: civiliseret — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Dutch: beschaafd — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Dutch: geciviliseerd — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Finnish: kohtelias — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Finnish: asiallinen — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• French: civil — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• German: zivilisiert — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Hebrew: מנומס (menumás) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Hindi: सिविल (sivil) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Hindi: मिलनसार (milansār) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Hindi: सभ्य (sabhya) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Indonesian: beradab — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Irish: sibhialta — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Irish: béasach — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Japanese: うやうやしい (uyauyashī) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Japanese: 礼やか (iyayaka) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Macedonian: во́спитан (vóspitan) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Macedonian: ку́лтурен (kúlturen) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Macedonian: у́чтив (účtiv) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Macedonian: цивилизи́ран (civilizíran) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Malay: sivil — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Manx: beasagh — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Portuguese: civil — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Portuguese: civilizado — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Russian: цивилизо́ванный (civilizóvannyj) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Russian: воспи́танный (vospítannyj) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Russian: культу́рный (kulʹtúrnyj) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Russian: ве́жливый (véžlivyj) — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Slovak: civilizovaný — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Slovak: slušný — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Slovak: kultúrny — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Slovak: vychovaný — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Spanish: civil — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Swedish: civiliserad — behaving in a reasonable or polite manner
• Finnish: yksityis- — law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters
• Finnish: siviili- — law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters
• Hebrew: אזרחי (ezrakhí) — law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters
• Indonesian: perdata — law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters
• Polish: cywilny — law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters
• Vietnamese: dân sự — law: related to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters