urbanity

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
2. (countable, uncountable) Urbanness.

Concepts

urbanité

civilité

courtoisie

subtilité

distinction subtile

Opposé de

rurality

Synonymes

refinement

politeness

courtesy

civility

graciousness

sophistication

grace

delicacy

gentility

digestibility

elegance

gallantry

genteelness

gentleness

gracefulness

humaneness

ladyship

loftiness

nicety

nobility

nobleness

noblesse

sheerness

smoothness

suaveness

suavity

subtlety

tactfulness

digestibleness

Kyoto style

subtilty

culture

urbane customs

urbane manners

cousteousness

blandness

urbanness

chivalry

civilisation

civilization

comity

complaisance

courtliness

cultivation

daintiness

Traductions

urbanidad

Urbanität

nezaket

urbanità

çelebilik

naziklik

cortesia

sutilidad

steedsheid

الدماثة

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əːˈbæn.ɪ.ti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: urbanitie

In summary

From Middle English urbanitie, from Middle French urbanité, from Latin urbānitās, from urbānus (“belonging to a city”), with a sense of "having the manners of townspeople" in Classical Latin, from urbs (“city”); equivalent to urbane + -ity (sense 1) and urban + -ity (sense 2).