civils
See also: Civils
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sɪvl̩z/
Noun
civils (uncountable)
- (chiefly informal) civil engineering
- 1999 January 7, Ken Welsby, “Re: DLR Do”, in uk.transport.london, Usenet, retrieved 2008-07-07:
- The work involves extensive civils and p/w since, the track has to drop from the present embankment level, some 5m above the adjacent road, to the floor level of the new tunnel [the 'cut & cover' section of which, is, I guess, about 10m below it.
- 2002 May 13, Ian G Batten, “Re:Safety on the railways”, in uk.railway, Usenet, retrieved 2008-07-07:
- Our [ISO] 9000 (etc) accreditation extends, so far as I am aware, to cabling, ducting, poling and other civils activities.
- 2003, “DC Electrification”, in Franklin + Andrews Ltd, editor, Spon's Railways Construction Price Book 2nd Edition, →ISBN, page 79:
- Conreate bases, ducts and minor civils […] bases for structures, in situ concrete bases, including holding down bolts and fixings.
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Usage notes
The word is normally plural in construction, and is mostly used in relation to the infrastructure of transport networks and projects, particularly the maintenance of existing structures or the design and construction of new projects.
Anagrams
- clivis
Catalan
Adjective
civils
- plural of civil
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
civils
- masculine plural of civil
Noun
civils m
- plural of civil
Latvian
Noun
civils m (1st declension)
- civilian (person)
Declension
Declension of civils (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | civils | civili |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | civilu | civilus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | civila | civilu |
| dative (datīvs) | civilam | civiliem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | civilu | civiliem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | civilā | civilos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | civil | civili |
Norman
Adjective
civils m pl
- masculine plural of civil
Occitan
Adjective
civils
- masculine plural of civil