different between civil vs national

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

English

Etymology

From Middle French national, corresponding to nation +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?na?n?(?)l/, /?na?n(?)l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?næ??n(?)l/, /?næ?n(?)l/

Adjective

national (comparative more national, superlative most national)

1. Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]
2. Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others. [from 17th c.]
3. (now rare) Nationalistic; patriotic. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 599:

     ‘Come, come, don't deny it: they are really national. Why, now, the Adams are as liberal-minded men as any in the world: but, I don't know how it is, all their workmen are Scotch.’

Usage notes

See nation for notes regarding the usage of national to refer to the UK and its member states.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

national (plural nationals)

1. A subject of a nation.

   The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.

2. (usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.

   After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nataloin, notalian

Danish

Etymology

From New Latin nationalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na?o?næ?l], occasionally (to stress the opposition to international) IPA^(key): [?na?o?næ?l]

Adjective

national

1. national, having to do with a particular country in opposition to other nations

   Antonym: international

2. national, having to do with the whole and not only single parts of it

   Antonym: regional

3. patriotic, having positive feelings for one's own nation

Inflection

Derived terms

• international

References

• “national” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

nation +? -al; cf. New Latin nationalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.sj?.nal/

Adjective

national (feminine singular nationale, masculine plural nationaux, feminine plural nationales)

1. national

Derived terms

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Derived from Nation (“nation”) under the influence of French national.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?natsi?o?na?l/, [?na.tsjo?na?l], /?natsi?o?na?l/, [?na.tsjo?na?l]
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

national (comparative nationaler, superlative am nationalsten)

1. national (being part of the national identity)

2. national (of importance for, or to the benefit of the nation as a whole)

3. nationwide, national (covering a country, as opposed to regional and international levels; see usage note below)

4. (moderately) nationalist

Usage notes

• The comparative forms are infrequent.
• German national in the sense of “nationwide” occurs chiefly in a political context, as shown in the examples above. Its use in other contexts is most often modeled on English usage: ein nationaler Gesangswettbewerb — a national singing competition. The more idiomatic German word is landesweit: ein landesweiter Gesangswettbewerb.

Declension

Derived terms

• Nationalismus
• Nationalität
• Nationalfeiertag
• Nationalmannschaft
• Nationalmeisterschaft
• Nationalsozialismus
• Nationalspieler

Further reading

• “national” in Duden online