civile
French, adjective/si.vil/
civile is spelled C-I-V-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written French, the 1,739th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Civile is a French feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of civil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does civile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of civil
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne de la population qui n’a pas le statut de combattante et qui n’est ni une prisonnière de guerre, ni une combattante ne prenant plus part aux hostilités (blessée, naufragée, malade, etc).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of civile
- civiles plural
- civil masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce civile?
- /si.vil/
- \si.vil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to civile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is civile in French?
civile appears 48 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).