civilian
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.
Base: civil
Affixes: -ian
Inflected forms:
form: civilians
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
pos: noun
examples: An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.
gloss: A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: I have this vision one day that I'll walk amongst you a regular civilian.
The bathroom was for employees only, so civilians weren't allowed to use it.
gloss: One skilled in civil law.
pos: noun
examples: Ancient civilians and writers upon government.
gloss: A student of civil law at a university or college.
pos: noun
examples: although he kept his name in the college books, and changed his commoner gown to that of a civilian, yet he had now, I believe, no thoughts of proceeding to any degree; and seldom resided in college any more
gloss: A person not affiliated with a gang.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: An employee of the civil service.
pos: noun
tags: Indian-English
gloss: Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: The three detainees were actually army defectors wearing civilian clothing.
He worked as a civilian journalist for ten years before being employed by the public broadcaster.
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: civil
lang: Arabic
word: مَدَنِيّ
roman: madaniyy
lang: Arabic
word: مَدَنِيَّة
roman: madaniyya
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dinc sakin
lang: Belarusian
word: цыві́льны чалаве́к
roman: cyvílʹny čalavjék
lang: Belarusian
word: цыві́льная асо́ба
roman: cyvílʹnaja asóba
lang: Bulgarian
word: циви́лен
roman: civílen
lang: Bulgarian
word: циви́лно лице́
roman: civílno licé
lang: Bulgarian
word: гражданско лице
roman: gráždansko lice
lang: Bulgarian
word: мирен жител
roman: miren žitel
lang: Bulgarian
word: мирна жителка
roman: mirna žitelka
lang: Burmese
word: အရပ်သား
roman: a.rapsa:
lang: Catalan
word: paisà
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 平民
roman: ping⁴ man⁴
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 平民
roman: píngmín
lang: Czech
word: civilista
lang: Czech
word: civilistka
lang: Danish
word: civilist
lang: Dutch
word: burger
lang: Esperanto
word: civilulo
lang: Estonian
word: tsivilist
lang: Estonian
word: eraisik
lang: Finnish
word: siviili
lang: French
word: civil
lang: French
word: civile
lang: Georgian
word: სამოქალაქო პირი
roman: samokalako ṗiri
lang: German
word: Zivilist
lang: German
word: Zivilistin
lang: German
word: Zivilperson
lang: Greek
word: πολίτης
roman: polítis
lang: Hebrew
word: אֶזְרָח
roman: ezrákh
lang: Hebrew
word: אֶזְרָחִית
roman: ezrakhít
lang: Hindi
word: नागरिक
roman: nāgrik
lang: Hungarian
word: civil
lang: Hungarian
word: civil személy
lang: Hungarian
word: polgári személy
lang: Irish
word: sibhialtach
lang: Italian
word: civile
lang: Japanese
word: 文民
roman: bunmin
lang: Japanese
word: 民間人
roman: minkanjin
lang: Kashmiri
word: سِوَل
roman: sival
lang: Khmer
word: ជនស៊ីវិល
roman: cŭən siivɨl
lang: Khmer
word: អយោធ
roman: ʼaʼyoot
lang: Korean
word: 민간인
roman: min'ganin
lang: Lao
word: ພົນລະເຮືອນ
roman: phon la hư̄an
lang: Lao
word: ພໍ່ເຮືອນ
roman: phǭ hư̄an
lang: Latvian
word: civilists
lang: Latvian
word: civiliste
lang: Lithuanian
word: civilis
lang: Lithuanian
word: civilisė
lang: Macedonian
word: цивил
roman: civil
lang: Malay
word: orang periman
lang: Malay
word: orang awam
lang: Mongolian
word: иргэн
roman: irgen
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sivilist
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: sivilist
lang: Iranian Persian
word: غِیْرِنِظامی
roman: ġeyrenezâmi
lang: Iranian Persian
word: شَخْصِ غِیْرِنِظامی
roman: šaxs-e ġeyrenezâmi
lang: Polish
word: cywil
lang: Portuguese
word: civil
lang: Romanian
word: civil
lang: Romanian
word: civilă
lang: Russian
word: гражда́нское лицо́
roman: graždánskoje licó
lang: Russian
word: гражда́нский челове́к
roman: graždánskij čelovék
lang: Russian
word: гражда́нский
roman: graždánskij
lang: Russian
word: шта́тский
roman: štátskij
lang: Russian
word: ми́рный жи́тель
roman: mírnyj žítelʹ
lang: Russian
word: ми́рная жи́тельница
roman: mírnaja žítelʹnica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цѝвӣл
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цивѝлист
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цивѝлисткиња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цивилистица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: грађанска особа
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cìvīl
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: civìlist
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: civìlistkinja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: civilistica
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: građanska osoba
lang: Slovak
word: civilista
lang: Slovak
word: civilistka
lang: Slovene
word: civilist
lang: Slovene
word: civilistka
lang: Spanish
word: civil
lang: Spanish
word: paisano
lang: Swedish
word: civilist
lang: Swedish
word: civil
lang: Tajik
word: ғайринизомӣ
roman: ġayrinizomi
lang: Tajik
word: шахси ғайринизомӣ
roman: šaxs-i ġayrinizomi
lang: Tajik
word: шахси гражданӣ
roman: šaxs-i graždani
lang: Thai
word: พลเรือน
roman: pon-lá-rʉʉan
lang: Turkish
word: sivil
lang: Ukrainian
word: циві́льна осо́ба
roman: cyvílʹna osóba
lang: Ukrainian
word: циві́льна люди́на
roman: cyvílʹna ljudýna
lang: Ukrainian
word: циві́льний
roman: cyvílʹnyj
lang: Vietnamese
word: người thường
lang: Vietnamese
word: thường dân
lang: Vietnamese
word: dân thường