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Webster 1913 Edition
Urban
Ur′ban
,Adj.
[L.
urbanus
belonging to the [GREEK]ity or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs
, urbis
, a city: cf. F. urbain
. Cf. Urbane
.] 1.
Of or belonging to a city or town;
as, an
. urban
population2.
Belonging to, or suiting, those living in a city; cultivated; polite; urbane;
as,
. urban
mannersUrban servitude
. See
Predial servitude
, under Servitude
.Definition 2024
Urban
Urban
See also: urban
English
Proper noun
Urban
- (uncommon) A male given name
- A patronymic surname.
- An early Christian, also Urbane and Urbanus in various versions of the Bible. (biblical character)
- 1380s, Wycliffe translation of the Bible, Romans 16:9:
- Grete wel Vrban, oure helpere in Crist Jhesus, and Stacchen, my derlyng.
- 1380s, Wycliffe translation of the Bible, Romans 16:9:
Translations
male given name
Anagrams
Czech
Proper noun
Urban m
- A Czech surname.
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /urˈbán/, /urˈbáːn/
- Tonal orthography: urbȁn, urbȃn
Proper noun
Urbàn m anim (genitive Urbána)
- A male given name, cognate to English Urban.
Declension
Declension of Urbàn (masculine anim., hard o-stem)
Swedish
Proper noun
Urban
- A male given name, which peaked in popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. Cognate to Urban.
urban
urban
See also: Urban
English
Adjective
urban (comparative more urban, superlative most urban)
- Related to the (or any) city.
- 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:
- As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.
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- Characteristic of city life.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from urban
Translations
of the city; characteristic of city life
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See also
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊʁˈbaːn/, [ʊɐ̯ˈbaːn]
- Rhymes: -aːn
Adjective
urban (comparative urbaner, superlative am urbansten)
Synonyms
Declension
Positive forms of urban
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist urban | sie ist urban | es ist urban | sie sind urban | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | urbaner | urbane | urbanes | urbane |
| genitive | urbanen | urbaner | urbanen | urbaner | |
| dative | urbanem | urbaner | urbanem | urbanen | |
| accusative | urbanen | urbane | urbanes | urbane | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der urbane | die urbane | das urbane | die urbanen |
| genitive | des urbanen | der urbanen | des urbanen | der urbanen | |
| dative | dem urbanen | der urbanen | dem urbanen | den urbanen | |
| accusative | den urbanen | die urbane | das urbane | die urbanen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein urbaner | eine urbane | ein urbanes | (keine) urbanen |
| genitive | eines urbanen | einer urbanen | eines urbanen | (keiner) urbanen | |
| dative | einem urbanen | einer urbanen | einem urbanen | (keinen) urbanen | |
| accusative | einen urbanen | eine urbane | ein urbanes | (keine) urbanen | |
Comparative forms of urban
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist urbaner | sie ist urbaner | es ist urbaner | sie sind urbaner | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | urbanerer | urbanere | urbaneres | urbanere |
| genitive | urbaneren | urbanerer | urbaneren | urbanerer | |
| dative | urbanerem | urbanerer | urbanerem | urbaneren | |
| accusative | urbaneren | urbanere | urbaneres | urbanere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der urbanere | die urbanere | das urbanere | die urbaneren |
| genitive | des urbaneren | der urbaneren | des urbaneren | der urbaneren | |
| dative | dem urbaneren | der urbaneren | dem urbaneren | den urbaneren | |
| accusative | den urbaneren | die urbanere | das urbanere | die urbaneren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein urbanerer | eine urbanere | ein urbaneres | (keine) urbaneren |
| genitive | eines urbaneren | einer urbaneren | eines urbaneren | (keiner) urbaneren | |
| dative | einem urbaneren | einer urbaneren | einem urbaneren | (keinen) urbaneren | |
| accusative | einen urbaneren | eine urbanere | ein urbaneres | (keine) urbaneren | |
Superlative forms of urban
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am urbansten | sie ist am urbansten | es ist am urbansten | sie sind am urbansten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | urbanster | urbanste | urbanstes | urbanste |
| genitive | urbansten | urbanster | urbansten | urbanster | |
| dative | urbanstem | urbanster | urbanstem | urbansten | |
| accusative | urbansten | urbanste | urbanstes | urbanste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der urbanste | die urbanste | das urbanste | die urbansten |
| genitive | des urbansten | der urbansten | des urbansten | der urbansten | |
| dative | dem urbansten | der urbansten | dem urbansten | den urbansten | |
| accusative | den urbansten | die urbanste | das urbanste | die urbansten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein urbanster | eine urbanste | ein urbanstes | (keine) urbansten |
| genitive | eines urbansten | einer urbansten | eines urbansten | (keiner) urbansten | |
| dative | einem urbansten | einer urbansten | einem urbansten | (keinen) urbansten | |
| accusative | einen urbansten | eine urbanste | ein urbanstes | (keine) urbansten | |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adjective
urban (neuter singular urbant, definite singular and plural urbane)
References
- “urban” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adjective
urban (neuter singular urbant, definite singular and plural urbane)
References
- “urban” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ûrbaːn/
- Hyphenation: ur‧ban
Adjective
ȕrbān (definite ȕrbānī, Cyrillic spelling у̏рба̄н)
Declension
indefinite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | urban | urbana | urbano | |
| genitive | urbana | urbane | urbana | |
| dative | urbanu | urbanoj | urbanu | |
| accusative |
inanimate animate |
urban urbana |
urbanu | urbano |
| vocative | urban | urbana | urbano | |
| locative | urbanu | urbanoj | urbanu | |
| instrumental | urbanim | urbanom | urbanim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | urbani | urbane | urbana | |
| genitive | urbanih | urbanih | urbanih | |
| dative | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | |
| accusative | urbane | urbane | urbana | |
| vocative | urbani | urbane | urbana | |
| locative | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | |
| instrumental | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | |
definite forms
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | urbani | urbana | urbano | |
| genitive | urbanog(a) | urbane | urbanog(a) | |
| dative | urbanom(u/e) | urbanoj | urbanom(u/e) | |
| accusative |
inanimate animate |
urbani urbanog(a) |
urbanu | urbano |
| vocative | urbani | urbana | urbano | |
| locative | urbanom(e/u) | urbanoj | urbanom(e/u) | |
| instrumental | urbanim | urbanom | urbanim | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | urbani | urbane | urbana | |
| genitive | urbanih | urbanih | urbanih | |
| dative | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | |
| accusative | urbane | urbane | urbana | |
| vocative | urbani | urbane | urbana | |
| locative | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | |
| instrumental | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | urbanim(a) | |
Slovene
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin urbānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /urˈbáːn/
- Tonal orthography: urbȃn
Adjective
urbán (not comparable)
Declension
Declension of urbán (hard)
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | urbán ind urbáni def |
urbána | urbáno |
| accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim | urbáno | urbáno |
| genitive | urbánega | urbáne | urbánega |
| dative | urbánemu | urbáni | urbánemu |
| locative | urbánem | urbáni | urbánem |
| instrumental | urbánim | urbáno | urbánim |
| dual | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | urbána | urbáni | urbáni |
| accusative | urbána | urbáni | urbáni |
| genitive | urbánih | urbánih | urbánih |
| dative | urbánima | urbánima | urbánima |
| locative | urbánih | urbánih | urbánih |
| instrumental | urbánima | urbánima | urbánima |
| plural | |||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | urbáni | urbáne | urbána |
| accusative | urbáne | urbáne | urbána |
| genitive | urbánih | urbánih | urbánih |
| dative | urbánim | urbánim | urbánim |
| locative | urbánih | urbánih | urbánih |
| instrumental | urbánimi | urbánimi | urbánimi |
Synonyms
- mésten