civilité
French, noun/si.vi.li.te/
civilité is spelled C-I-V-I-L-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 39,210th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Civilité is a French feminine noun meaning “civility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble de comportements liés à la politesse et au savoir-vivre”.
What does civilité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecivility
- 2
femininecompliments
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble de comportements liés à la politesse et au savoir-vivre. 2. Manière courtoise ou polie de vivre et de converser dans le monde. 3. Actions et paroles qui sont des témoignages de politesse. 4. Titre de civilité.
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 civilité
- civilités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce civilité?
- /si.vi.li.te/
- \si.vi.li.te\
- [si.vi.li.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to civilité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is civilité in French?
civilité appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).