ville-monde
French, noun/vil.mɔ̃d/
ville-monde is a French feminine noun meaning “global city” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ville qui exerce des fonctions stratégiques à l’échelle mondiale, qui a un rayonnement mondial”.
What does ville-monde mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineglobal city
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ville qui exerce des fonctions stratégiques à l’échelle mondiale, qui a un rayonnement mondial.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de ville-monde.
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 ville-monde
- villes-mondes plural
- villes mondes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ville-monde?
- /vil.mɔ̃d/
- \vil.mɔ̃d\
- \vil mɔ̃d\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.