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My ambition was to be cosmopolitan. I grew up in the suburbs. I went to college in Maine. I had a dream in my head that if you wanted to be the most urbane, living-life-to-the-fullest kind of person, Paris was the place to be.
Rosecrans Baldwin

Meaning of "urbane" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD URBANE

From Latin urbānus belonging to the town.
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PRONUNCIATION OF URBANE

urbane  [ɜːˈbeɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF URBANE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Urbane is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES URBANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of urbane in the English dictionary

The definition of urbane in the dictionary is characterized by elegance or sophistication.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH URBANE


bane
beɪn
bugbane
ˈbʌɡˌbeɪn
cowbane
ˈkaʊˌbeɪn
cubane
ˈkjuːbeɪn
dogbane
ˈdɒɡˌbeɪn
fleabane
ˈfliːˌbeɪn
flybane
ˈflaɪˌbeɪn
henbane
ˈhɛnˌbeɪn
inurbane
ˌɪnɜːˈbeɪn
mirbane
ˈmɜːˌbeɪn
Nubain
ˈnjuːˌbeɪn
ratsbane
ˈrætsˌbeɪn
wolfsbane
ˈwʊlfsˌbeɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE URBANE

urban legend
urban migration
urban myth
urban planner
urban planning
urban renewal
urban sprawl
urban studies
Urban VI
Urban VIII
urbanely
urbaneness
urbanise
urbanism
urbanist
urbanistic
urbanistically
urbanite
urbanities
urbanity

WORDS THAT END LIKE URBANE

airplane
ane
Brisbane
Canadian fleabane
cane
crane
Dane
humane
hurricane
Inhambane
insane
jane
kane
lane
leopard´s-bane
mane
Mbabane
membrane
plane
Strabane

Synonyms and antonyms of urbane in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «URBANE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «urbane» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of urbane

Translation of «urbane» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF URBANE

Find out the translation of urbane to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of urbane from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «urbane» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文雅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fino y cortés
570 millions of speakers

English

urbane
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शीलवान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مؤدب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вежливый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

urbano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শহরস্থ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

urbain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Urbane
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

urban
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

洗練された
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정중 한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Urbane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nha nhặn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பண்பட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शांत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kibar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cortese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

układny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ввічливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

urban
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

urbane
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

urbane
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

urbant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

urbane
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of urbane

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «URBANE»

The term «urbane» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.523 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «URBANE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «urbane» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «urbane» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about urbane

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2 QUOTES WITH «URBANE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word urbane.
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Rosecrans Baldwin
My ambition was to be cosmopolitan. I grew up in the suburbs. I went to college in Maine. I had a dream in my head that if you wanted to be the most urbane, living-life-to-the-fullest kind of person, Paris was the place to be.
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Mireille Enos
I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «URBANE»

Discover the use of urbane in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to urbane and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Urbane Revolutionary: C. L. R. James and the Struggle for a ...
With its extensive use of unpublished letters, private correspondence, papers, books, and other documents, Urbane Revolutionary provides fresh insights into the work of one of the twentieth century\'s most important intellectuals and ...
Frank Rosengarten, 2007
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Urbane and Rustic England: Cultural Ties and Social Spheres ...
But what was the effect of this urban renaissance on villages & people whose roots were in the country? This book shows how an urban-rural divide shaped choices in early modern England.
Carl B. Estabrook, 1998
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Raumsequenzen und urbane Infrastrukturen
In this book, Graber and Pulver focus on the interaction between the practical application of architecture and its methods of instruction.
Marco Graber, Thomas Pulver, 2009
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1980 census of population: Characteristics of the ...
... Municipios Both sexes Male Female Puerto lion ........................ -- 3 196 520 I 556 842 1 639 678 FLAGS OF 2500 OR MORE-Con' Coamo zone urbane. __ 12 851 6 165 6 686 URBAN AND RURAL AND 5'" 0' PLACE Comen'o zone urbane  ...
‎1984
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Urbane Milton: The Latin Poetry
The journal defines the literary, intellectual, and historical contexts that impacted Milton by studying the work of his contemporaries, seventeenth century political and religious movements, his influence on other writers, and the history ...
James D. Simmonds, James A. Freeman, Anthony Low, 1984
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Pyrrhonism in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy
In contrast with rustic Pyrrhonism, and following Barnes' terminology, I will call this alternative interpretation of Pyrrhonism, urbane Pyrrhonism. The urbane Pyrrhonian, therefore, doesn't advocate suspension of judgment in general, but only ...
Diego E. Machuca, 2011
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Anatomy for Attorneys
Brent Urbane is a 50-year-old man who was employed as a city electrician at the time of his injury. While working in a manhole on a series of high-voltage circuits, a subcontractor who was kneeling in front of Mr. Urbane inadvertently crossed ...
Thomas H. Quinn, Terence R. Quinn, Robert H. Quinn, 2000
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1990 Census of Population and Housing: Population and ...
__ 3 523 2 455 I 048 974 639 (NA) 8.6 3.3 8.0 3.1 440.4 I 136.5 121.8 314,2 Ponce zone urbane (pt) ....... -- 2 456 I 440 (NA) 663 363 (NA) 1.4 .5 1.4 .5 I 754 3 4 912.0 473.6 I 326.0 (are Laurel barrio .............. -- 5 915 5 192 3 940 I 683 I 374 ...
‎1993
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Services Marketing 2E
The store manager of "Urbane", Mr Ramu Subramanian was getting ready for the gruelling task ahead and this could make or break the company's planned foray into the retail world. The board of directors of the Reddy's group who were ...
Rajendra Nargundkar, 2006
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Oriental Rugs
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Arthur Urbane Dilley, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «URBANE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term urbane is used in the context of the following news items.
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Leather-clad LG G4 Australia-bound in July, Watch Urbane in August
LG today announced that it will begin selling its latest flagship smartphone, the LG G4, in Australia on July 14. Pre-orders will begin two weeks earlier on July 1. «CyberShack, Jun 15»
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Featured Review: LG Watch Urbane
The LG Watch Urbane is the company's third smartwatch, following the LG G Watch and G Watch R. And actually, LG has another one as well, the Watch Urbane ... «Android Headlines - Android News, Jun 15»
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LG Watch Urbane Review: Why Android Trails Apple
For more than a week, I've been that geek wearing a smartwatch on each wrist: On the right, there's the $350 LG Watch Urbane, the first gadget to get Google ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
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LG Watch Urbane vs. Moto 360: Quick look
We might see some new Android Wear gear next week at Google I/O. But until then, the LG Watch Urbane and Moto 360 are two of your best Wear smartwatches ... «Gizmag, May 15»
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LG Watch Urbane vs. Moto 360: A detailed real-world comparison
LG Watch Urbane or Moto 360 -- which Android Wear watch to get? An in-depth comparison based on extended real-life use. «Computerworld, May 15»
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Living with the LG Watch Urbane: Android Wear at its best
The LG Watch Urbane brings a traditional timepiece style to the Android Wear world -- but it's what's beyond the surface that really makes this smartwatch shine. «Computerworld, May 15»
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LG Watch Urbane review (Video)
The Watch Urbane is essentially LG's Moto 360. This is going to be a classier Android Wear option, but it comes at a premium. We originally got out hands on the ... «9 to 5 Google, May 15»
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LG Watch Urbane: Early impressions
In terms of specs, the LG Watch Urbane is pretty much the same device as the LG G Watch R, one of our favorite smartwatches of 2014. Its main body has the ... «Gizmag, May 15»
9
LG's Urbane Android Wear watch lands in the US for $349
The first Android Wear device that will come out of the box with Google's big new software update is now on sale in the US. Google began selling the LG Urbane ... «The Verge, Apr 15»
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LG Watch Urbane rolling out this week
The LG Watch Urbane will then expand its reach this month, meaning next week, to the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, ... «CNET, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Urbane [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/urbane>. Apr 2024 ».
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