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Definition: Civet |
CivetNoun1. Catlike mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "civet" was first used: 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | Resinous substance produced by the civet cat. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: CivetSynonym: civet cat (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Civet |
| English words defined with "civet": Arctictis bintourong ♦ banded palm civet, bearcat, binturong ♦ civet bean, civet cat ♦ Falanaka, fanaloka, Fossa fossa, Fossane ♦ Hemigalus hardwickii ♦ Kutauss ♦ large civet ♦ Mariput ♦ palm cat, palm civet, Paradoxure ♦ Rasse ♦ small civet ♦ Tangalung ♦ Viverra zibetha, Viverricula indica, Viverricula malaccensis ♦ Zibeth. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Civet" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (stew). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Civet Cat (1922) | |
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| "Civet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Civet" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "civet": asiatic civet ♦ Asiatic or Indian civet ♦ banded palm civet ♦ civet bean ♦ civet cat ♦ Indian civet ♦ large civet ♦ lesser civet ♦ palm civet ♦ small civet. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cat civet | 274 |
civet | 65 |
cat civet picture | 39 |
cat civet sars | 16 |
cat civet photo | 12 |
civet photo | 10 |
civet masked palm | 9 |
civet sars | 8 |
african civet | 8 |
civet palm | 7 |
civet picture | 5 |
cat civet coffee | 3 |
civet oil | 3 |
animal civet | 3 |
cat civet pic | 3 |
african cat civet | 2 |
civet home network | 2 |
absolute civet | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "civet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | цибетка (civet cat), цибет. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | civet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | civet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | civette (African civer, African civet cat, cives). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zibet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μόσχοσ (calf, masque, musk), μοσχογαλή, ζήβεθο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | cibet (musk-cat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | musang (marten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zibetto (zibet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shivaid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivetcay civeta, algália. (various references) zibetã. (various references) виверра (civet cat, genet). (various references) cibet (civet cat, palm civet). (various references) algalia. (various references) civett (civet cat, zibet), sibetkatt (civet cat, zibet). (various references) ชะม". (various references) misk kedisi (civet cat, genet, Genette, zibet, zibeth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | zabad. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "civet": civets. (additional references) | |
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"Civet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bivet, caevet, cajet, cavat, cavent, cavet, cavete, cavit, cavot, cayet, ceavet, ceive, cevaet, ceve, cevent, ciet, ciete, ciev, cift, ciret, civ, civa, civel, civen, civer, cives, civette, civey, civi, civia, civie, Civit, Civita, coveth, cuvet, cvet, cvii, cxiv, cyf, cyvar, fivet, Givat, hivet, Iuvdt, ivet, jivet, Kibet, tivet, wivet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "civet" (pronounced si"vut) |
| 4 | -i" v u t | pivot, rivet. |
| 3 | -v u t | affidavit, covet, private, velvet. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: evict. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-t-v" | |
-1 letter: cite, etic, vice. | |
-2 letters: ice, tic, tie, vet, vie. | |
-3 letters: et, it, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-t-v" | |
+1 letter: active, civets, evicts. | |
+2 letters: actives, captive, cavetti, cheviot, costive, evicted, evictee, evictor, fictive, uveitic, venatic, verdict, vicomte. | |
+3 letters: activate, actively, activize, captives, cavatine, cavitate, cavitied, cavities, cheviots, cleveite, coactive, coinvent, conative, contrive, coveting, creative, curative, curviest, eductive, ejective, elective, enactive, erective, evection, evictees, evicting, eviction, evictors, inactive, invected, invocate, locative, navicert, orective, outvoice, reactive, tractive, vaticide, velocity, veracity, verdicts, veristic, vertical, vertices, verticil, vesicant, vesicate, vicarate, vicomtes, victress, vivisect, vocative, vortices. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 69 76 65 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .. ...- . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101001 01110110 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C i v e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0069 0076 0065 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3775887186 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | датски език, датски, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar |
Indonesian | индонезийски език, индонезийски, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumæner, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailænder, Thais, Thai, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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