civic

Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪvɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪvɪk

civic (comparative more civic, superlative most civic)

1. Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.

   Thousands of people came to the Civic Center to show off their civic pride.

2. Of or relating to the citizen, or of good citizenship and its rights and duties.

   civic duty

• civil

Borrowed from French civique, from Latin civicus.

civic m or n (feminine singular civică, masculine plural civici, feminine and neuter plural civice)

1. civic