urbanite
noun
urbanite is spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-T-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, urbanite means “Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of urbanite is urbanites.
How many letters and syllables are in urbanite?
| Letters | 8: U-R-B-A-N-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is urbanite?
Urbanite appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce urbanite?
Urbanite has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-urbanite.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of urbanite
- urbanites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does urbanite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who lives in a city or similar urban area.
- 2
One of a demographic class of young, socially-conscious, urban professionals.
- 3
Rock-like recycled building material from man-made sources.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Urbanite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who lives in a city or similar urban area:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | citadin, citadine |
| German | Städter, Stadtbewohner, Städterin, Stadtbewohnerin |
| Portuguese | urbanita |
| Spanish | urbanita |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does urbanite come from?
From urban + -ite (“resident of a particular area”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).