civilisation

Borrowed from French civilisation, equivalent to civilise +‎ -ation or civil +‎ -isation.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

civilisation (countable and uncountable, plural civilisations)

1. 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.

From civiliser +‎ -ation from civil +‎ -iser Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis..

• IPA^(key): /si.vi.li.za.sjɔ̃/

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civilisation f (plural civilisations)

1. civilization

• civilisationnel

• → English: civilization
• → German: Zivilisation

• culture

• “civilisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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civilisation c

1. civilization

• civilisationskritik
• civilisationskritiker

• civilisera
• civiliserad

• civilisation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• civilisation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• civilisation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)