English
Etymology
Existing since the sixteenth century in the sense of �appropriate to a city�: from F. urbain#French|urbain or from L. urbanus#Latin|urbanus (from urbs#Latin|urbs, �city�).
Pronunciation
RP IPA|/���beɪn/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪn|-eɪn
Adjective
en-adj
- context|of a man courteous|Courteous, polite, refined, and suave.
#* 1949: George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p12
#*: He felt deeply drawn to him, and not solely because he was intrigued by the contrast between O�Brien�s urbane manner and his prize-fighter�s physique.
Related terms
urban
Translations
trans-top|Courteous, polite, refined, and suave
French: urbain#French|urbain
German: weltgewandt#German|weltgewandt, weltmännisch#German|weltmännisch
trans-mid
Latin: urbanus#Latin|urbanus
trans-bottom
References
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]
Italian
Adjective
urbane f
- Feminine plural form of urbano
Category:Italian adjective forms
io:urbane
te:urbane
vi:urbane
zh:urbane
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