metropolita
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See also: metropolità and metropolitą
Esperanto
Adjective
metropolita (accusative singular metropolitan, plural metropolitaj, accusative plural metropolitajn)
Italian
Adjective
metropolita (masculine plural metropoliti, feminine plural metropolite)
- (Christianity) metropolitan (of a metropolitan bishop)
Noun
metropolita m (plural metropoliti)
- (Christianity) metropolitan (bishop)
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin metropolīta, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).
Pronunciation
Noun
metropolita m pers
- (Roman Catholicism) metropolitan (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)
Declension
Declension of metropolita
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metropolita | metropolici/metropolity (deprecative) |
| genitive | metropolity | metropolitów |
| dative | metropolicie | metropolitom |
| accusative | metropolitę | metropolitów |
| instrumental | metropolitą | metropolitami |
| locative | metropolicie | metropolitach |
| vocative | metropolito | metropolici |
Derived terms
adjectives
Related terms
adverb
nouns
verb
- metropolizować się impf
Further reading
- metropolita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- metropolita in Polish dictionaries at PWN