civilise

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• /ˈsɪvɪlaɪz/
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From civil + -ise.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: քաղաքակրթել (kʻaġakʻakrtʻel) — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Belarusian: цывілізава́ць (cyvilizavácʹ) — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Bulgarian: цивилизовам (civilizovam) — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Danish: civilisere — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Dutch: civiliseren — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Dutch: beschaven — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Esperanto: civilizi — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Estonian: tsiviliseerima — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Finnish: sivistää — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• French: civiliser — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• German: zivilisieren — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Hungarian: civilizál — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Italian: incivilire — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Italian: civilizzare — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Manx: ardveeinee — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Manx: beasee — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Polish: cywilizować — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Polish: ucywilizować — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Romanian: civiliza — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Russian: цивилизова́ть (civilizovátʹ) — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Spanish: civilizar — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Spanish: desasnar — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Spanish: culturizar — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Swedish: civilisera — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Ukrainian: цивілізува́ти (cyvilizuváty) — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Vietnamese: giáo hóa — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Vietnamese: khai hóa — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour
• Vietnamese: truyền bá văn minh — to educate to a perceived higher standard of behaviour