cosmópolis
See also: cosmopolis and Cosmópolis
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English cosmopolis. By surface analysis, cosmo- + -polis. Doublet of cosmópole.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kozˈmɔ.po.lis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʒˈmɔ.po.liʃ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuʒˈmɔ.pu.liʃ/
- Rhymes: -ɔpolis
- Hyphenation: cos‧mó‧po‧lis
Noun
cosmópolis f (invariable)
- cosmopolis (a major city inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds)
- Synonym: cosmópole
Related terms
Further reading
- “cosmópolis”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “cosmópolis”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “cosmópolis”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English cosmopolis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kosˈmopolis/ [kozˈmo.po.lis]
- Rhymes: -opolis
- Syllabification: cos‧mó‧po‧lis
Noun
cosmópolis f (plural cosmópolis)
- cosmopolis (a major city inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cosmópolis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024