"urban" in seven languages
Meaningurban
Spanish
urbano
/uɾˈbano/
learned
French
urbain
/yʁbɛ̃/
learned
Italian
urbano
/urˈbano/
learned
Portuguese
urbano
/uhˈbɐ̃nu/
learned
Romanian
urban
/urˈban/
learned
Catalan
urbà
/uɾˈba/
learned
fem.: urbana
English
urban
/ˈɝbən/
from Latin/French · Latin URBĀNUS
English → ItalianurbanurbanoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
URBĀNUM‘of the city; refined’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Latin URBS left no everyday heir — the sisters' 'city' words come from CĪVITĀTEM — so urban is learned everywhere. English keeps both Latin senses as a doublet: urban and urbane.
English relatives: urbane, suburb, conurbation
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In a sentence
- esAquí el transporte urbano es barato.
- frIci, les transports urbains sont bon marché.
- itQui i trasporti urbani costano poco.
- ptAqui o transporte urbano é barato.
- roAici transportul urban e ieftin.
- caAquí el transport urbà és barat.
- enUrban transport is cheap here.