adj

urbane

Urbane (adj) means of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.

adj

Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.

Of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners; elegant, sophisticated.

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Etymology

A variant of urban + -ane (a variant of -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives)). Urban is borrowed from Middle French urbain (“belonging to a city, urban; courteous, refined, urbane”) (modern French urbain), or from its etymon Latin urbānus (“of or belonging to a city, urban; of manners or style: like those of city dwellers: cultivated, polished, refined, sophisticated”), from urbs (“city; walled town; Rome”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; a belt; an enclosure, fence”) or *werbʰ- (“to enclose”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Compare typologically civil, courteous.

Rhymes for urbane

cane lane Dane mane vane pane bane sane wane Jane fane Zane

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Frequently asked questions

What is the meaning of urbane?

"urbane" (adj) means of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.

What are the different meanings of urbane?

"urbane" has 2 main meanings: 1. Of a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave; 2. Of an act, expression, etc.: suited to a person of refined manners; elegant, sophisticated.