cosmópolis
Portuguese, noun/kozˈmɔ.po.lis/
cosmópolis is spelled C-O-S-M-Ó-P-O-L-I-S (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,814th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cosmópolis is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cosmopolis (a major city inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cosmópole”.
What does cosmópolis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecosmopolis (a major city inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo
noun: 1. cosmópole
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce cosmópolis?
- Brazil /kozˈmɔ.po.lis/
- /koʒˈmɔ.po.liʃ/
- Portugal /kuʒˈmɔ.pu.liʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cosmópolis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cosmópolis in Portuguese?
cosmópolis appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).