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civil (relating to citizens, not military or religious) /tʃiˈvil/
adjective#1851 most common
Also: civilian, non-military
Example sentences
Fratele meu este civil.
My brother is a civilian.
Ne-am căsătorit la starea civilă din oraș.
We got married at the city's civil registry office.
Codul civil reglementează contractele dintre persoane.
The civil code regulates contracts between people.
Poliția în civil a supravegheat manifestația din centrul orașului.
Plainclothes police monitored the demonstration downtown.
Protecția civilă a coordonat evacuarea locuitorilor înainte de inundație.
Civil defense coordinated the evacuation of residents before the flood.
Convențiile de la Geneva impun combatanților să facă distincție între populația civilă și forțele militare.
The Geneva Conventions require combatants to distinguish between the civilian population and military forces.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | civil (m) / civilă (f) | civili (m) / civile (f) |
| Genitive | civil (m) / civile (f) | civili (m) / civile (f) |
| Accusative | civil (m) / civilă (f) | civili (m) / civile (f) |
| Vocative | civil (m) / civilă (f) | civili (m) / civile (f) |
Word family
civilizațiecivilization
civiccivic
civilizato civilize
necivilizatuncivilized
civilizatcivilized
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "civil" from French "civil," which comes from Latin "civilis," meaning relating to a citizen. "Civilis" derives from "civis," the Latin word for citizen. The word entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of a wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized Romanian legal and administrative vocabulary.
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