urbi et orbi

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈʊr.biː ˈɛt ˈɔr.biː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈur.bi ˈɛt̪ ˈɔr.bi]

urbī et orbī

1. To the city (of Rome) and to the world

• A standard opening of ancient Roman proclamations; also a traditional Easter blessing by the Pope.

Unadapted borrowing from Latin urbī et orbī.

• IPA^(key): /ˌuɾbi ˌet ˈoɾbi/ [ˌuɾ.β̞i ˌet̪ ˈoɾ.β̞i]

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• Syllabification: ur‧bi et or‧bi

urbi et orbi

1. all over the world; worldwide

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “urbi et orbi”, 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