Phrase guide

civil servant

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person employed in the civil service; a government employee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a public official who is a member of the civil service

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: official, functionary

History

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Across languages

Translations

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: amptenaar — government employee
  • Albanian: nëpunës shteti — government employee
  • Arabic: مُوَظَّف (muwaẓẓaf) — government employee
  • Arabic: مُوَظَّفَة (muwaẓẓafa) — government employee
  • Arabic: مُوَظَّف حُكُومِيّ (muwaẓẓaf ḥukūmiyy) — government employee
  • Arabic: مُوَظَّف مَدَنِيّ (muwaẓẓaf madaniyy) — government employee
  • Arabic: موضف (muwaḍḍaf) — government employee
  • Arabic: موضفة (muwaḍḍafa) — government employee
  • Armenian: պետական ծառայող (petakan caṙayoġ) — government employee
  • Azerbaijani: məmur — government employee
  • Belarusian: дзяржа́ўны слу́жачы (dzjaržáwny slúžačy) — government employee
  • Bulgarian: държа́вен служи́тел (dǎržáven služítel) — government employee
  • Catalan: funcionari — government employee
  • Catalan: funcionària — government employee
  • Catalan: servidor públic — government employee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公務員 /公务员 (gōngwùyuán) — government employee
  • Czech: státní úředník — government employee
  • Danish: embedsmand — government employee
  • Danish: tjenestemand — government employee
  • Dutch: ambtenaar — government employee
  • Dutch: ambtenares — government employee
  • Dutch: landsdienaar — government employee
  • Estonian: riigiametnik — government employee
  • Finnish: virkamies — government employee
  • French: fonctionnaire — government employee
  • Galician: funcionario — government employee
  • Galician: funcionaria — government employee
  • Georgian: მოხელე (moxele) — government employee
  • Georgian: სახელმწიფო მოსამსახურე (saxelmc̣ipo mosamsaxure) — government employee
  • Georgian: საჯარო მოხელე (saǯaro moxele) — government employee
  • Georgian: საჯარო მოსამსახურე (saǯaro mosamsaxure) — government employee
  • Georgian: სახელმწიფო მოხელე (saxelmc̣ipo moxele) — government employee
  • German: Beamter — government employee
  • German: Beamtin — government employee
  • German: Funktionär — government employee
  • German: Funktionärin — government employee
  • Greek: δημόσιος υπάλληλος (dimósios ypállilos) — government employee
  • Hebrew: עובד מדינה (ovéd m'diná) — government employee
  • Hebrew: עובד ציבור (ovéd tsibúr) — government employee
  • Hungarian: köztisztviselő — government employee
  • Hungarian: közhivatalnok — government employee
  • Hungarian: közalkalmazott — government employee
  • Hungarian: közszolga — government employee
  • Icelandic: opinber starfsmaður — government employee
  • Icelandic: ríkisstarfsmaður — government employee
  • Indonesian: pegawai negeri — government employee
  • Indonesian: amtenar — government employee
  • Indonesian: pamong praja — government employee
  • Italian: funzionario — government employee
  • Japanese: 公務員 (kōmuin) — government employee
  • Javanese: amtenar — government employee
  • Kazakh: мемлекеттік қызметкер (memlekettık qyzmetker) — government employee
  • Korean: 공무원 (gongmuwon) — government employee
  • Kyrgyz: мамлекеттик кызматкер (mamlekettik kızmatker) — government employee
  • Lao: ລັດຖະກອນ (lat tha kǭn) — government employee
  • Latvian: valsts ierēdnis — government employee
  • Lithuanian: valdininkas — government employee
  • Lithuanian: pareigūnas — government employee
  • Macedonian: службеник (službenik) — government employee
  • Macedonian: службеничка (službenička) — government employee
  • Macedonian: државен службеник (državen službenik) — government employee
  • Malay: penjawat awam — government employee
  • Norman: fonctionnaithe — government employee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: embetsmann — government employee
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: embetsmann — government employee
  • Iranian Persian: کارْمَنْدِ دُوْلَت (kârmand-e dowlat) — government employee
  • Plautdietsch: Stautsdeena — government employee
  • Polish: urzędnik państwowy — government employee
  • Portuguese: funcionário — government employee
  • Portuguese: funcionário público — government employee
  • Portuguese: servidor público — government employee
  • Romanian: funcționar — government employee
  • Romanian: funcționar public — government employee
  • Russian: госуда́рственный слу́жащий (gosudárstvennyj slúžaščij) — government employee
  • Russian: госслу́жащий (gosslúžaščij) — government employee
  • Russian: чино́вник (činóvnik) — government employee
  • Russian: функционе́р (funkcionér) — government employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: државни службеник — government employee
  • Serbo-Croatian: državni službenik — government employee
  • Slovak: verejný činiteľ — government employee
  • Slovak: štátny zamestnanec — government employee
  • Slovak: štátny úradník — government employee
  • Slovene: državni uradnik — government employee
  • Spanish: funcionario — government employee
  • Swahili: mtumishi wa umma — government employee
  • Swedish: ämbetsman — government employee
  • Swedish: tjänsteman — government employee
  • Tagalog: lingkod-bayan — government employee
  • Tajik: хизматчии давлатӣ (xizmatči-yi davlati) — government employee
  • Thai: ข้าราชการ (kâa-râat-chá-gaan) — government employee
  • Tibetan: སྲི་ཞུ་བ (sri zhu ba) — government employee
  • Turkish: memur — government employee
  • Turkish: devlet memuru — government employee
  • Ukrainian: держа́вний службо́вець (deržávnyj službóvecʹ) — government employee
  • Ukrainian: держслужбо́вець (deržslužbóvecʹ) — government employee
  • Uzbek: davlat xizmatchisi — government employee
  • Vietnamese: công chức — government employee
  • Vietnamese: viên chức — government employee
  • Walloon: fonccionaire — government employee
  • Welsh: gwas sifil — government employee