urbe

See also: Urbe

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin urbem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈur.be/
• Rhymes: -urbe
• Hyphenation: ùr‧be

Noun

urbe f (plural urbi)

1. (literary) city

Related terms

• Urbe
• urbanesimo, urbanismo
• urbanista
• urbanistico
• urbanizzare
• urbano

Anagrams

• bure

Latin

Noun

urbe

1. ablative singular of urbs

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urbem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.bi/ [ˈuɦ.bi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.bi/ [ˈuɦ.bi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.bi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈuʁ.bi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuɻ.be/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈuɾ.bɨ/ [ˈuɾ.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: ur‧be

Noun

urbe f (plural urbes)

1. (poetic) city (large settlement)

   Synonym: cidade

Related terms

• urbano
• urbanização

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urbem.

Noun

urbe f (uncountable)

1. city

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	urbe	urbea
genitive-dative	urbe	urbei
vocative	urbe, urbeo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin urbem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuɾbe/ [ˈuɾ.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -uɾbe
• Syllabification: ur‧be

Noun

urbe f (plural urbes)

1. metropolis; large city
   • 2019 September 4, “Un mosaico podría aportar nuevos datos sobre el milagro de Jesús de la multiplicación de los panes”, in Clarín‎^[1]:

     Todavía hace falta excavar y limpiar un 20 por ciento restante del mosaico. Ese proceso podrá dar más información sobre los primeros cristianos que habitaron esta antigua urbe, que quedó definitivamente destruida por un terremoto en el año 749.

     The remaining 20 percent of the mosaic still needs to be excavated and cleaned. That process may give more information about the first Christians that inhabited this ancient metropolis, which was permanently destroyed by an earthquake in the year 749.

Related terms

• urbano

 

Further reading

• “urbe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10