シビル

Japanese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɕibʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English civil. Only found in compounds, not used in isolation.[1]

Affix

シビル • (shibiru) 

  1. civil
    Synonyms: 市民の (shimin no), 民間の (minkan no), 民間人の (minkanjin no)
Derived terms
  • シビルウォー (shibiru wō)
  • シビルエンジニアリング (shibiru enjiniaringu)
  • シビルソサイエティー (shibiru sosaietī)
  • シビルミニマム (shibiru minimamu)

Etymology 2

The rendering of various names.

Proper noun

シビル • (Shibiru) 

  1. Cybil
  2. Cybill
  3. Cybille
  4. Sibylle
  5. Sybil
  6. Sybille

See also
  • シビュラ (shibyura): a sibyl, an oracle of Ancient Greece

References
  1. “シビル”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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