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/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kozˈmɔ.po.lis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʒˈmɔ.po.liʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʒˈmɔ.pu.liʃ/

• Hyphenation: cos‧mó‧po‧lis

Noun

cosmópolis f (invariable)

1. cosmopolis (a major city inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds)

   Synonym: cosmópole

Related terms

• cosmopolita
• cosmopolitano

Further reading

• “cosmópolis” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “cosmópolis” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “cosmópolis” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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)

1. cosmopolis (a major city inhabited by people from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds)

Related terms

• cosmopolita
• cosmopolitismo

 

Further reading

• “cosmópolis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014