urbane

== English == === Etymology === A variant of urban +‎ -ane (a variant of -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives)). Urban is borrowed from Middle French urbain (“belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”) (modern French urbain), or from its etymon Latin urbānus (“of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”), from urbs (“city; walled town; Rome”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”) or *werbʰ- (“to enclose”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːˈbeɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɜɹˈbeɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn Hyphenation: urb‧ane === Adjective === urbane (comparative urbaner or more urbane, superlative urbanest or most urbane) Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave. Synonym: debonair Antonyms: rustic, unurbane Of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners; elegant, sophisticated. Antonym: unurbane Obsolete spelling of urban (“of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a city or town, or life in such a place; living in a city or town; having authority or jurisdiction over a city or town”). ==== Derived terms ==== unurbane urbanely urbaneness ==== Related terms ==== urban ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === urbanity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia urbane (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “urbane”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “urbane”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “urbane”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “urbane”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “urbane”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 “urbane”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === unbare, unbear == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === urbane inflection of urban: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Adjective === urbane f pl feminine plural of urbano === Anagrams === eburna == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊrˈbaː.nɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [urˈbaː.ne] ==== Noun ==== urbāne vocative singular of urbānus === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊrˈbaː.neː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [urˈbaː.ne] ==== Adverb ==== urbānē (comparative urbānius, superlative urbānissimē) urbanely === References === “urbane”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “urbane”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === urbane definite singular and plural of urban == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === urbane definite singular and plural of urban