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

Learned borrowing 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/metropolity (deprecative)
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