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Definition: Civvies |
CivviesNoun1. Civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CivviesSynonym: civies (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Played it safe during the war, keepin' themselves in civvies, nice apartments, swell dames you know the kind. (Crossfire; writing credit: Sydney Boehm; William P. McGivern) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Somewhere in Civvies (1943) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Civvies" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 85.29% of the time. "Civvies" is used about 34 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 (plural) | 85.29% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.71% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 34 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "civvies"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rroba civile (civies, civilian clothes, mufti). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | siviilipuvussa (in one's civvies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zivilklamotten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | civil ruha (civies), civil (civies, civil, civilian, non-military). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivviescay traje civil (civies, civil suit). (various references) civila kläder (mufti). (various references) ชุ"พลเรือน (ไม่ใช่เครื่องแบบ) (ทางทหาร). (various references) sivil elbise (civilian clothes, mufti). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Civvies" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cavvies, civia, civie, Civis, civvie, civvy, Mivvis, scivies. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-s-v-v" | |
-1 letter: civies, visive. | |
-2 letters: civie, ivies, vices. | |
-3 letters: ices, sice, vice, vies, vise, vive. | |
-4 letters: cis, ice, sec, sei, sic, vie, vis. | |
-5 letters: es, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-s-v-v" | |
+1 letter: chivvies, vivisect. | |
+2 letters: vivisects. | |
+3 letters: invectives, slivovices, vivacities, vivisected, vivisector. | |
+4 letters: reviviscent, vivisecting, vivisection, vivisectors. | |
+5 letters: revivalistic, reviviscence, vivisections. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 69 76 76 69 65 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .. ...- ...- .. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101001 01110110 01110110 01101001 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C i v v i e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0069 0076 0076 0069 0065 0073 |
| 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)37758888757185 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, albanialainen, albaner, albán, albanés, alban, Arnavut |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, suomi, suomalainen, finnisch, finn, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, saksalainen, német, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | unkarilainen, Ungar, magyar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, espanjalainen, spanisch, spanyol, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, ruotsalainen, schwedisch, svéd, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thaimaalainen, thailändisch, Thailänder, 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 | turk, turkkilainen, türkisch, török, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, englantia, englantilainen, englisch, angol, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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