urbanité
French, noun\yʁ.ba.ni.te\
urbanité is spelled U-R-B-A-N-I-T-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 68,150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urbanité is a French feminine noun meaning “urbanity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Politesse, affabilité que donne l’usage du monde”.
What does urbanité mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineurbanity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Politesse, affabilité que donne l’usage du monde. 2. Fait de vivre en ville.
noun: 1. variété d’aegirine.
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 urbanité
- urbanités plural
- urbanites plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urbanité?
- \yʁ.ba.ni.te\
- \yʁ.ba.nit\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to urbanité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is urbanité in French?
urbanité appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).