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civic

/ˈsɪvɪk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
civ-ic
IPA
/ˈsɪvɪk/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

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

name

A central business district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more civic (comparative) most civic (superlative)

Derived Forms

anticivic civically civicism civicist civicize civics civnat extracivic intercivic uncivic

Phrases

civic center civic centre civic crown civic duty civic garland civic hacker civic-minded civic nationalism

Frequently Paired Words

civil

Synonyms

civil

Questions

How do you pronounce civic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪvɪk/.
What does civic mean?
Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
Where does civic come from?
Borrowed from Latin cīvicus (“pertaining to a city or citizens”).

How to pronounce civic

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