urbain

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See also: urban and Urbain

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin urbānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yʁ.bɛ̃/
  • Audio (France):(file)

Adjective

urbain (feminine urbaine, masculine plural urbains, feminine plural urbaines)

  1. urban
    Near-synonym: citadin
    Antonym: rural
  2. urbane, courteous, refined
    Synonyms: courtois, raffiné

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