civic

See also: Civic, cìvic, civíc, and cívic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪvɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪvɪk

Adjective

civic (comparative more civic, superlative most civic)

1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

   Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.

2. Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

   civic duty

Derived terms

• anticivic
• civically
• civic center
• civic centre
• civic crown
• civic duty
• civic garland
• civic hacker
• civicism
• civicize
• civic-minded
• civic nationalism
• civic nationalist
• civics
• civic society
• civnat
• extracivic
• intercivic

 

Related terms

• civil

Translations

Having to do with a city or the people who live there

• Bulgarian: граждански (bg) (graždanski)
• Catalan: cívic
• Czech: městský (cs), občanský (cs)
• Dutch: stedelijk (nl)
• Finnish: kaupunkilais-, asukas-, kansalais-
• French: civique (fr)
• German: bürgerlich (de)
• Hungarian: polgári (hu)
• Interlingua: civic
• Italian: civico (it)
• Japanese: 市民の (しみん-の, shimin-no)
• Latin: civilis (la)
• Latvian: pilsonisks
• Maori: raraupori
• Persian: مدنی (fa) (madani)
• Portuguese: cívico
• Romagnol: cìvic
• Russian: гражда́нский (ru) (graždánskij), городской (ru) (gorodskoj)
• Scottish Gaelic: catharra
• Slovak: občiansky, mestský (sk)
• Spanish: cívico (es)
• Swedish: borgerlig (sv)
• Turkish: medeni (tr)
• Volapük: zifik (vo)

Of or relating to the citizen

• Belarusian: грамадзя́нскі (hramadzjánski)
• Czech: občanský (cs)
• French: citoyen (fr)
• German: bürgerlich (de)
• Hungarian: polgári (hu)
• Maori: raraupori
• Polish: obywatelski (pl)
• Russian: гражда́нский (ru) (graždánskij)
• Swedish: medborgerlig (sv)
• Ukrainian: громадя́нський (hromadjánsʹkyj)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French civique, from Latin civicus.

Adjective

civic m or n (feminine singular civică, masculine plural civici, feminine and neuter plural civice)

1. civic

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	civic		civică		civici	civice
	definite	civicul		civica		civicii	civicele
genitive- dative	indefinite	civic		civice		civici	civice
	definite	civicului		civicei		civicilor	civicelor