different between amiable vs civil

English

Etymology

From Middle English amyable, from Old French amiable, from Late Latin am?c?bilis (“friendly”), from Latin am?cus (“friend”), from am? (“I love”). The meaning has been influenced by French amiable and Latin am?bilis (“loveable”). Compare with amicable, amorous, amability.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.mi.?.b?l/, /?æ.mi.?.b?l/

Adjective

amiable (comparative more amiable, superlative most amiable)

1. Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious

   • A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.

2. Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like
   • c. 1521, John Skelton, “Speke Parott”:

     My dey?y delectabyll
     My prymerose commendabyll
     My vyolet amyabyll
     My ioye in explicabill
     Nowe torne agayne to me

   • A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.

Usage notes

• See amicable.

Synonyms

• likable

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• amiable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amiable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• amiable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• aimable

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin am?c?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mjabl/

Adjective

amiable (plural amiables)

1. amiable

Derived terms

• à l'amiable

Further reading

• “amiable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin am?c?bilis (“friendly”), from Latin am?cus (“friend”), from am? (“I love”).

Adjective

amiable m (oblique and nominative feminine singular amiable)

1. likable; amiable

Descendants

• Middle French: amyable
• Middle English: amyable, amiable
  • English: amiable

English

Etymology

From Middle English cyvyl, civil, borrowed from Old French civil, from Latin c?v?lis (“relating to a citizen”), from c?vis (“citizen”). Cognate with Old English h?wen (“household”), h?r?den (“family”). More at hind; hird. Doublet of civic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?s?v-?l IPA^(key): /?s?v.?l/
• Rhymes: -?v?l

Adjective

civil (comparative more civil, superlative most civil)

1. (not comparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.

   She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.

2. (comparable) Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner.

   It was very civil of him to stop the argument.

   Antonyms: anti-civil, impolite, inconsiderate, noncivil, rude

3. (law) Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters.

   a civil case

4. Secular.

Derived terms

Related terms

• civic
• civilization

Translations

References

• civil at OneLook Dictionary Search
• civil in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• civil in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• clivi

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?v?lis.

Adjective

civil (epicene, plural civiles)

1. civil, civilian

Derived terms

• civilización
• guerra civil
• xunión civil

References

• "civil" in Diccionariu de la Llingua Asturiana

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?v?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /si?vil/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /si?bil/

Adjective

civil (masculine and feminine plural civils)

1. civil
2. civilian

Antonyms

• (polite): incivil
• (civilian): militar

Derived terms

Related terms

• civilitat

Noun

civil m or f (plural civils)

1. a member of the guardia civil

Further reading

• “civil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?v?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?vi?l/

Adjective

civil

1. civil (all senses), civilian

Inflection

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?v?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.vil/

Adjective

civil (feminine singular civile, masculine plural civils, feminine plural civiles)

1. civil (war, marriage etc.)
2. (politics) lay
3. civilian
4. (literary) civil, courteous, polite

Derived terms

Related terms

• civique
• cité

Noun

civil m (plural civils, feminine civile)

1. civilian

Further reading

• “civil” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?v?lis.

Adjective

civil m or f (plural civís)

1. civil, civilian

Derived terms

• guerra civil
• unión civil

References

• "civil" in Real Academia Galega

Interlingua

Adjective

civil (not comparable)

1. civil, civilian (not associated with the armed forces)

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?v?lis, from c?vis (“citizen”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ey- (“to lie down, settle; home, family; love; beloved”).

Adjective

civil m

1. (Jersey) polite
2. (Jersey) civil

Derived terms

• dgèrre civile (“civil war”)

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?v?lis.

Adjective

civil m (feminine singular civila, masculine plural civils, feminine plural civilas)

1. civil

Derived terms

• guèrra civila f

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?v?lis (“civil”), from c?vis (“citizen”). Doublet of cível.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si?viw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si?vi?/
• Hyphenation: ci?vil
• (Brazil) Rhymes: -iw
• (Portugal) Rhymes: -i?

Adjective

civil m or f (plural civis, comparable)

1. civil; civilian (not relating to the military or clergy)

2. civic (relating to citizens)

   Synonym: cívico

   Antonym: militar

3. (law) relating to civil law

   Synonym: cível

   Antonym: criminal

4. occurring between the inhabitants of the same country

5. civil (behaving in a reasonable or polite manner)

   Synonyms: civilizado, cortês, educado, polido

   Antonyms: deseducado, grosseiro, deselegante, feio

Derived terms

• casado no civil
• casar no civil
• guerra civil

Noun

civil m, f (plural civis)

1. civilian, non-combatant (person who is not a member of the military, police or belligerent group)

Derived terms

Romanian

Alternative forms

• ?ivil (archaic and popular)

Etymology

Borrowed from French civil, Latin civilis.

Adjective

civil m or n (feminine singular civil?, masculine plural civili, feminine and neuter plural civile)

1. civil

Declension

Noun

civil m (plural civili)

1. civilian

Declension

Related terms

• civilitate
• civiliza
• civiliza?ie
• cetate

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zivil, from French civil, from Latin c?v?lis (“civic, civil”), from c?vis (“citizen”).

Noun

cìv?l m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. civilian (not related to the military armed forces)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?v?lis (“civil, civic”), from c?vis (“citizen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?i?bil/, [?i???il]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /si?bil/, [si???il]
• Homophone: sibil (non-Castilian dialects)
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

civil (plural civiles) (superlative civilísimo)

1. civil (all senses)

Derived terms

Related terms

Swedish

Adjective

civil

1. civil; having to do with people and organizations outside military or police, sometimes also outside of other team-based activities, such as a professional sports team

Declension