urbain
French, adjective/yʁ.bɛ̃/
urbain is spelled U-R-B-A-I-N (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urbain is a French adjective meaning “urban” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la ville”.
What does urbain mean in English?
adjective
- 1
urban
Near-synonym: citadin
- 2
urbane, courteous, refined
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la ville. 2. Qualifie l’urbanité d’une personne.
noun: 1. Personne qui habite la ville, et qui s'identifie à cette caractéristique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of urbain
- urbaine feminine
- urbains masculine plural
- urbaines feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urbain?
- /yʁ.bɛ̃/
- \yʁ.bɛ̃\
- [yʁ.bɛ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to urbain
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is urbain in French?
urbain appears 18 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).