English Explanatory Dictionary

civilian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
  2. A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
  3. One skilled in civil law.
  4. A student of civil law at a university or college.
  5. A person not affiliated with a gang.
  6. An employee of the civil service.
adj
  1. Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈvɪl.jən/ [sɪˈvɪl.jn̩] en-us-civilian.ogg

Word forms

civilian civilians

Etymology

From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.

Derived words

civilianise civilianism civilianization civilianize civilianness civilian service civilian time noncivilian

Translations

Albanian: civil Arabic: مَدَنِيّ Arabic: مَدَنِيَّة Azerbaijani: dinc sakin Belarusian: цыві́льны чалаве́к Belarusian: цыві́льная асо́ба Bulgarian: циви́лен Bulgarian: циви́лно лице́ Bulgarian: гражданско лице Bulgarian: мирен жител Bulgarian: мирна жителка Burmese: အရပ်သား Catalan: paisà Chinese Cantonese: 平民 Chinese Mandarin: 平民 Czech: civilista Czech: civilistka Danish: civilist Dutch: burger Esperanto: civilulo Estonian: tsivilist Estonian: eraisik Finnish: siviili French: civil French: civile Georgian: სამოქალაქო პირი German: Zivilist German: Zivilistin German: Zivilperson Greek: πολίτης Hebrew: אֶזְרָח Hebrew: אֶזְרָחִית Hindi: नागरिक Hungarian: civil Hungarian: civil személy Hungarian: polgári személy Irish: sibhialtach Italian: civile Japanese: 文民 Japanese: 民間人 Khmer: ជនស៊ីវិល Khmer: អយោធ Korean: 민간인 Lao: ພົນລະເຮືອນ Lao: ພໍ່ເຮືອນ Latvian: civilists Latvian: civiliste Lithuanian: civilis Lithuanian: civilisė Macedonian: цивил Malay: orang periman Malay: orang awam Mongolian: иргэн Norwegian Bokmål: sivilist Norwegian Nynorsk: sivilist Iranian Persian: غِیْرِنِظامی Iranian Persian: شَخْصِ غِیْرِنِظامی Polish: cywil Portuguese: civil Romanian: civil Romanian: civilă Russian: гражда́нское лицо́ Russian: гражда́нский челове́к Russian: гражда́нский Russian: шта́тский Russian: ми́рный жи́тель Russian: ми́рная жи́тельница
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