Urbane

//ɜːˈbeɪn//

Synonyms for "urbane" (69 found)

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Translations

34 translations across 15 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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  • ἀστεῖος adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Bulgarian

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  • вежлив adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • изискан adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • изтънчен adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 彬彬有禮的 /彬彬有礼的 adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Czech

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  • jemný adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • uhlazený adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • zdvořilý adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Finnish

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  • hienostunut adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • hienostunut adj (of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners — see also elegant, sophisticated)

French

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  • urbain adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

German

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  • weltgewandt adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • weltmännisch adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Greek

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  • κόσμιος adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Latin

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  • urbānus adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Macedonian

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  • о́тмен adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • пре́финет adj (of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners — see also elegant, sophisticated)
  • ср́дечен adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • у́чтив adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Plautdietsch

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  • heeflich adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Russian

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  • ве́жливый adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • обходи́тельный adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • учти́вый adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • gradski adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • gradski adj (of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners — see also elegant, sophisticated)
  • urbani adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • urbani adj (of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners — see also elegant, sophisticated)

Spanish

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  • cortés adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • urbano adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Swedish

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  • artig adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • belevad adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • urban adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)
  • världsvan adj (of a person (usually a man): having refined manners — see also courteous, polite, suave)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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The houses pack exquisitely beautiful urbane youth.

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The tall, dark and classically handsome actor was the epitome of urbane sophistication.

Source: tatoeba (12087143)

We took advantage of our acquaintance with the urbane Frenchman to join his party; the conversation turned almost entirely on literary subjects.

Source: wiktionary

Newman, at this juncture, fell to admiring the duchess for her fine manners. He felt, most accurately, that she was not a grain less urbane than she would have been if his marriage were still in prospect; but he felt also that she was not a particle more urbane.

Source: wiktionary

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