civiche

Civiche is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective civico, meaning related to a city, citizens, or public life. It is used to modify feminine plural nouns, aligning with the gender and number of the nouns it describes. The term derives from Latin civicus, from civis, citizen, and shares its roots with related terms in Romance languages.

Common uses include phrases such as opere civiche (civic works), istituzioni civiche (civic institutions), and edifici civici (public or municipal buildings). In urban and architectural contexts, civiche signals that the subject is connected with city governance or public life, as in palazzi civici (civic palaces) or strutture civiche (civic facilities).

With street addresses, the adjective civico is used in the masculine singular (numero civico, house number) and its feminine plural civiche is rarely used outside of describing feminine plural nouns; thus "civiche" does not function as an independent concept. In modern usage, civiche appears mainly in formal or historical contexts, municipal documentation, and architectural descriptions rather than everyday conversation.

See also: civics (educazione civica), Italian grammar.