civilisé
French, adjective
civilisé is spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-S-É (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Civilisé is a French adjective meaning “civilized” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of civiliser. Without its accent, civilise is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à une civilisation”.
What does civilisé mean in English?
adjective
- 1
civilized
verb
- 1
past participle of civiliser
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à une civilisation. 2. Rendu sociable, évolué, policé.
noun: 1. Personne sociable, évoluée, policée.
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 civilisé
- civilisée feminine
- civilisés masculine plural
- civilisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to civilisé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is civilisé in French?
civilisé appears 2.1 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).