civil
Spanish, adjective/θiˈbil/
civil is spelled C-I-V-I-L (5 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written Spanish, the 672nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Civil is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “civil (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Propio o relacionado con los ciudadanos”.
What does civil mean in English?
adjective
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femininemasculinecivil (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio o relacionado con los ciudadanos. 2. Que es ajeno a lo militar, o a la policía. 3. Que es ajeno a lo militar o a lo religioso. 4. Se dice de una persona que no es militar, ni policía, ni miembro de una organización criminal.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of civil
- civiles feminine masculine plural
- civilísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce civil?
- /θiˈbil/
- [θiˈβ̞il]
- /siˈbil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to civil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is civil in Spanish?
civil appears 129 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).