civilization

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Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilize + -ation or civil + -ization.

230 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: цивилизация (civilizacija) — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Catalan: civilització — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Danish: civilisation — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Dutch: beschaving — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• German: Zivilisation — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Hungarian: civilizáció — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Italian: civiltà — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Italian: civilizzazione — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Korean: 교양인 (gyoyang'in) — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Norwegian: sivilisasjon — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Polish: cywilizacja — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Portuguese: civilização — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Russian: цивилиза́ция (civilizácija) — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Swedish: civilisation — people of the world considered to have a high standard of behavior
• Afrikaans: beskawing — organized culture
• Albanian: qytetërim — organized culture
• Amharic: ስልጣኔ (səlṭane) — organized culture
• Amharic: ሥልጣኔ (śəlṭane) — organized culture
• Arabic: حَضَارَة (ḥaḍāra) — organized culture
• Arabic: تَمَدُّن (tamaddun) — organized culture
• Arabic: مَدَنِيَّة (madaniyya) — organized culture
• Arabic: حضارة (ḥaḍāra) — organized culture
• Arabic: حضارة (ḥaḍāra) — organized culture
• Arabic: حضارة (ḥaḍāra, ḥaḍāre) — organized culture
• Armenian: քաղաքակրթություն (kʻaġakʻakrtʻutʻyun) — organized culture
• Assamese: সভ্যতা (xobhyota) — organized culture
• Assamese: সংস্কৃতি (xoṅskriti) — organized culture
• Asturian: civilización — organized culture
• Azerbaijani: sivilizasiya — organized culture
• Azerbaijani: mədəniyyət — organized culture
• Belarusian: цывіліза́цыя (cyvilizácyja) — organized culture
• Bengali: সভ্যতা (śobbhota) — organized culture
• Bengali: তমদ্দুন (tomoddun) — organized culture
• Bengali: তহজিব (tôhjib) — organized culture
• Breton: sevenadur — organized culture
• Bulgarian: цивилиза́ция (civilizácija) — organized culture
• Burmese: ယဉ်ကျေးမှု (yanykye:hmu.) — organized culture
• Carpathian Rusyn: цівіліза́ція (civilizácija) — organized culture
• Catalan: civilització — organized culture
• Chinese Cantonese: 文明 (man4 ming4) — organized culture
• Chinese: вынмин (vɨnmin) — organized culture
• Eastern Min Chinese: 文明 (ùng-mìng) — organized culture
• Hakka Chinese: 文明 (vùn-mìn) — organized culture
• Chinese: 文明 (zh-min-nan) — organized culture
• Chinese Mandarin: 文明 (wénmíng) — organized culture
• Wu Chinese: 文明 (6ven-min6) — organized culture
• Coptic: ⲓⲉⲃⲟⲩⲱⲓⲛⲓ (iebouōini) — organized culture
• Czech: civilizace — organized culture
• Danish: civilisation — organized culture
• Danish: kultur — organized culture
• Dutch: beschaving — organized culture
• Esperanto: civilizacio — organized culture
• Estonian: tsivilisatsioon — organized culture
• Faroese: mentan — organized culture
• Faroese: siðmenning — organized culture
• Finnish: kulttuuri — organized culture
• Finnish: korkeakulttuuri — organized culture
• Finnish: sivilisaatio — organized culture
• French: civilisation — organized culture
• West-Frisian: beskaving — organized culture
• Galician: civilización — organized culture
• Georgian: ცივილიზაცია (civilizacia) — organized culture
• German: Zivilisation — organized culture
• German: Kultur — organized culture
• Greek: πολιτισμός (politismós) — organized culture
• Gujarati: સંસ્કૃતિ (sãskŕti) — organized culture
• Hebrew: צִיוִילִיזַצְיָה — organized culture
• Hebrew: ציוויליזציה (tsivilizátsia) — organized culture
• Hindi: सभ्यता (sabhyatā) — organized culture
• Hindi: संस्कृति (sanskŕti) — organized culture
• Hungarian: civilizáció — organized culture
• Icelandic: siðmenning — organized culture
• Indonesian: peradaban — organized culture
• Irish: sibhialtacht — organized culture
• Italian: civiltà — organized culture
• Japanese: 文明 (bunmei) — organized culture
• Kannada: ನಾಗರೀಕತೆ (nāgarīkate) — organized culture
• Kazakh: өркениет (örkeniet) — organized culture
• Khmer: អរិយធម៌ (ʼaʼreyaʼthɔə) — organized culture
• Korean: 문명 (munmyeong) — organized culture
• Central Kurdish: ئاوەدانی (awedanî) — organized culture
• Northern Kurdish: medeniyet — organized culture
• Northern Kurdish: sivîlîzasyon — organized culture
• Kyrgyz: цивилизация (tsivilizatsiya) — organized culture
• Kyrgyz: маданият (madaniyat) — organized culture
• Lao: ອາລິຍະທໍາ (ʼā li nya tham) — organized culture
• Lao: ອາລະຍະທໍາ (ʼā la nya tham) — organized culture
• Latin: exculta hominum vīta — organized culture
• Latvian: civilizācija — organized culture
• Ligurian: civiltæ — organized culture
• Lithuanian: civilizacija — organized culture
• Macedonian: цивилиза́ција (civilizácija) — organized culture
• Macedonian: култу́ра (kultúra) — organized culture
• Malay: tamadun — organized culture
• Malay: peradaban — organized culture
• Malayalam: നാഗരികത (nāgarikata) — organized culture
• Maltese: ċiviltà — organized culture
• Manchu: ᡧᡠ ᡤᡝᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ (šu genggiyen) — organized culture
• Māori: puāwaitanga — organized culture
• Marathi: संस्कृती (sauskŕtī) — organized culture
• Mongolian: соёл иргэншил (sojol irgenšil) — organized culture
• Nepali: सभ्यता (sabhyatā) — organized culture
• Norwegian Bokmål: sivilisasjon — organized culture
• Odia: ସଭ୍ୟତା (sabhyatā) — organized culture
• Pashto: تمدن (tamadon) — organized culture
• Pashto: مدنيت (madanyat) — organized culture
• Iranian Persian: تَمَدُّن (tamaddon) — organized culture
• Iranian Persian: مَدَنِیَّت (madaniyyat) — organized culture
• Piedmontese: sivilisassion — organized culture
• Polish: cywilizacja — organized culture
• Portuguese: civilização — organized culture
• Punjabi: ਸੱਭਿਅਤਾ (sabbhiatā) — organized culture
• Punjabi: ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤੀ (sanskritī) — organized culture
• Romanian: civilizație — organized culture
• Romanian: cultură — organized culture
• Russian: цивилиза́ция (civilizácija) — organized culture
• Russian: культу́ра (kulʹtúra) — organized culture
• Sanskrit: सभ्यता (sabhyatā) — organized culture
• Sanskrit: संस्कृति (saṃskṛti) — organized culture
• Serbo-Croatian: цивилиза́ција — organized culture
• Serbo-Croatian: civilizácija — organized culture
• Sinhalese: ශිෂ්ටාචාරය (śiṣṭācāraya) — organized culture
• Sinhalese: සංස්කෘතිය (saṁskr̥tiya) — organized culture
• Slovak: civilizácia — organized culture
• Slovene: civilizacija — organized culture
• Spanish: civilización — organized culture
• Swahili: ustaarabu — organized culture
• Swedish: civilisation — organized culture
• Swedish: kultur — organized culture
• Tagalog: kabihasnan — organized culture
• Tajik: тамаддун (tamaddun) — organized culture
• Tajik: маданият (madaniyat) — organized culture
• Tamil: நாகரிகம் (nākarikam) — organized culture
• Telugu: నాగరికత (nāgarikata) — organized culture
• Thai: อารยธรรม (aa-rá-yá-tam) — organized culture
• Tigrinya: ስልጣኔ (səlṭane) — organized culture
• Turkish: ekinç — organized culture
• Turkish: medeniyet — organized culture
• Turkish: uygarlık — organized culture
• Ottoman Turkish: مدنیت (medeniyyet) — organized culture
• Ottoman Turkish: تمدن (temeddün) — organized culture
• Turkmen: medeniýet — organized culture
• Ukrainian: цивіліза́ція (cyvilizácija) — organized culture
• Urdu: تَہْذِیب (tahzīb) — organized culture
• Urdu: تَمَدُّن (tamaddun) — organized culture
• Urdu: مَدَنِیَت (madaniyat) — organized culture
• Uyghur: مەدەنىيەت (medeniyet) — organized culture
• Uzbek: tamaddun — organized culture
• Uzbek: madaniyat — organized culture
• Uzbek: tsivilizatsiya — organized culture
• Uzbek: sivilizatsiya — organized culture
• Vietnamese: văn minh — organized culture
• Walloon: civilizåcion — organized culture
• Welsh: gwareiddiad — organized culture
• Yiddish: ציוויליזאַציע (tsivilizatsye) — organized culture
• Bulgarian: цивилизация (civilizacija) — human society
• Czech: civilizace — human society
• Danish: civilisation — human society
• Dutch: bewoonde wereld — human society
• Finnish: sivistys — human society
• Finnish: sivistynyt yhteiskunta — human society
• German: Kultur — human society
• Greek: πολιτισμός (politismós) — human society
• Hebrew: צִיוִילִיזַצְיָה — human society
• Hebrew: ציוויליזציה (tsivilizátsia) — human society
• Hindi: सभ्यता (sabhyatā) — human society
• Hungarian: civilizáció — human society
• Irish: sibhialtacht — human society
• Italian: civiltà — human society
• Macedonian: цивилиза́ција (civilizácija) — human society
• Macedonian: култу́ра (kultúra) — human society
• Persian: جامعه (jâme'e) — human society
• Portuguese: civilização — human society
• Romanian: civilizație — human society
• Russian: цивилиза́ция (civilizácija) — human society
• Russian: культу́ра (kulʹtúra) — human society
• Serbo-Croatian: цивилиза́ција — human society
• Serbo-Croatian: civilizácija — human society
• Swedish: civilisation — human society
• Tagalog: kabihasnan — human society
• Turkish: insanlık — human society
• Asturian: civilización — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Bulgarian: цивилизоване (civilizovane) — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Catalan: civilització — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Chinese Mandarin: 文明化 (wénmínhuà) — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Danish: civilisering — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Dutch: civilisatie — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Esperanto: civilizado — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Esperanto: civilizo — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Finnish: sivistäminen — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Finnish: sivistyminen — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Finnish: sivilisaatio — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Galician: civilización — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• German: Zivilisiertwerden — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Greek: πολιτισμός (politismós) — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Italian: civilizzazione — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Japanese: 文明化 (bunmeika) — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Korean: 문명화 (munmyeonghwa) — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Macedonian: цивилизи́раност (civilizíranost) — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Māori: puāwaitanga — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Māori: whakapuāwaitanga — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Persian: تربیت (tarbiyat) — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Portuguese: civilização — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Romanian: civilizare — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Russian: цивилиза́ция (civilizácija) — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Serbo-Croatian: цивилѝзӣрано̄ст — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Serbo-Croatian: civilìzīranōst — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Swedish: civilisering — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Turkish: medenîleşme — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Turkish: uygarlaşma — act or process of civilizing or becoming civilized
• Bulgarian: цивилизованост (civilizovanost) — state or quality of being civilized
• Bulgarian: култура (kultura) — state or quality of being civilized
• Catalan: civilitat — state or quality of being civilized
• Esperanto: civiliziteco — state or quality of being civilized
• Finnish: sivistyneisyys — state or quality of being civilized
• Greek: πολιτισμός (politismós) — state or quality of being civilized
• Hindi: सभ्यता (sabhyatā) — state or quality of being civilized
• Irish: sibhialtacht — state or quality of being civilized
• Italian: civiltà — state or quality of being civilized
• Latin: cīvīlitās — state or quality of being civilized
• Macedonian: цивилизи́раност (civilizíranost) — state or quality of being civilized
• Manx: ardveenid — state or quality of being civilized
• Māori: puāwaitanga — state or quality of being civilized
• Persian: فرهنگ (farhang) — state or quality of being civilized
• Portuguese: civilização — state or quality of being civilized
• Romanian: civilitate — state or quality of being civilized
• Russian: цивилизо́ванность (civilizóvannostʹ) — state or quality of being civilized
• Russian: культу́ра (kulʹtúra) — state or quality of being civilized
• Thai: ความศิวิไลซ์ (kwaam-sì-wí-lai) — state or quality of being civilized
• Turkish: sivilleşme — state or quality of being civilized