civilisation

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See also: Civilisation

English

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Borrowed from French civilisation.

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civilisation (countable and uncountable, plural civilisations)

  1. UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Hong Kong 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

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Etymology

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

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civilisation f (plural civilisations)

  1. civilization

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Descendants

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  • English: civilization
  • German: Zivilisation

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Swedish

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civilisation c

  1. civilization

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