metropolita

See also: metropolità and metropolitą

Esperanto

Adjective

metropolita (accusative singular metropolitan, plural metropolitaj, accusative plural metropolitajn)

1. metropolitan

Italian

Adjective

metropolita (masculine plural metropoliti, feminine plural metropolite)

1. (Christianity) metropolitan (of a metropolitan bishop)

Noun

metropolita m (plural metropoliti)

1. (Christianity) metropolitan (bishop)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin metropolīta, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛt.rɔ.pɔˈli.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: met‧ro‧po‧li‧ta

Noun

metropolita m pers

1. (Roman Catholicism) metropolitan (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)

Declension

Declension of metropolita

	singular	plural
nominative	metropolita	metropolici
genitive	metropolity	metropolitów
dative	metropolicie	metropolitom
accusative	metropolitę	metropolitów
instrumental	metropolitą	metropolitami
locative	metropolicie	metropolitach
vocative	metropolito	metropolici

Derived terms

adjectives

• metropolitalny
• metropolitański
• metropolitarny

 

Related terms

adverb

• metropolitalnie

 

nouns

• metropolia
• metropolitan
• metropolizacja

 

verb

• metropolizować się impf

 

Further reading

• metropolita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• metropolita in Polish dictionaries at PWN