civiltà

civilisation

noun chee-veel-TAH Less Common

Origin: From Latin civilitas, from civis (citizen).

Also means

civilization

Usage Note

Civiltà is a feminine noun with an invariable plural — le civiltà — because the final stressed -à never changes. It covers both the concept of 'civilisation' and the concrete sense of a historical civilisation: la civiltà romana. The same invariability applies to other nouns ending in stressed -à such as città and libertà.

Examples

"La civiltà romana ha influenzato l'Europa."

Natural Translation

Roman civilisation influenced Europe.

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