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гражданский — meaning in English

grazhdanskiy

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English meaning

  • civic adj Relating to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil in nature.
  • civil adj Relating to ordinary citizens and government, as opposed to the military or religion.
  • civilian noun A person who is not a member of the armed forces, police, or similar organisation.
  • plainclothes adj Wearing ordinary civilian clothing rather than a uniform, especially of police officers.

Senses

гражданский is used for these senses in English:

  • civic Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil.
  • civil (uncomparable) Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion.
  • civilian Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
  • plainclothes (usually, of a police officer) Wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.
  • plainclothes Ordinary civilian clothes, rather than uniform.

civic — full definition

  1. adj Relating to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil in nature.
  2. adj Relating to good citizenship and the responsibilities that come with it.

civil — full definition

  1. adj Relating to ordinary citizens and government, as opposed to the military or religion.
  2. adj Polite and reasonably courteous, without being warm or friendly.
  3. adj Relating to private disputes between citizens, as opposed to criminal law.

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