different between impolite vs incivil

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impol?tus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mp??la?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Adjective

impolite (comparative impoliter or more impolite, superlative impolitest or most impolite)

1. Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners.

   Synonyms: discourteous, uncivil, rude, unpolite; see also Thesaurus:impolite

Derived terms

• impolitely
• impoliteness

Translations

Latin

Adjective

impol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of impol?tus

References

• impolite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impolite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• impolite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

in- +? civil

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s?v.?l/

Adjective

incivil (comparative more incivil, superlative most incivil)

1. (rare) Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
   • 2005, Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, Social Science and the Challenge of Relativism - ?ISBN Page 235

     "No matter how rude or incivil the existing habits of behavior, in other words, if the creature was in fact a human being, then he/she was necessarily endowed with a soul and thus with a capacity of understanding at least sufficient to absorb and retain Europe's instruction."

2. (rare) Uncivilized, barbarous.
   • 2001, M. K. Gandhi, Non-Violent Resistance ?ISBN Page 182

     "It will be essentially incivil and criminal."

Related terms

• incivility

Translations

See also

• uncivil

Anagrams

• vicilin

French

Adjective

incivil (feminine singular incivile, masculine plural incivils, feminine plural inciviles)

1. uncivil

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

in- +? civil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /in?i?bil/, [?n?.?i???il]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /insi?bil/, [?n.si???il]

Adjective

incivil (plural inciviles)

1. uncivil; impolite

   Antonym: civil

Related terms

• incivilidad

Further reading

• “incivil” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.