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See also: Civilisation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilise + -ation or civil + -isation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
civilisation (countable and uncountable, plural civilisations)
- UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization.
- 1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:
- From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.
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French
Etymology
From civiliser (from civil, itself from Latin cīvīlis, + -iser) + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
civilisation f (plural civilisations)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: civilization
- → German: Zivilisation
See also
Further reading
- “civilisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Swedish
Pronunciation
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Noun
civilisation c
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