Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urbaner

/ɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪnə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ur-baner
IPA: /ɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪnə(ɹ)/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

comparative form of urbane: more urbane

noun

Synonym of urbanite.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin urbānusder. Middle French urbainbor. ▲ Latin urbānus ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English urban English -er English urbaner From urban + -er.

Inflected Forms

urbaners (plural)

Synonyms

urbanite

Questions

How do you pronounce urbaner?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪnə(ɹ)/.
What does urbaner mean?: comparative form of urbane: more urbane
Where does urbaner come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin urbānusder. Middle French urbainbor. ▲ Latin urbānus ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English urban English -er English urbaner From urban + -er.

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