Cosmopolitan — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

growing or occurring in many parts of the world

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˌɑːzməpˈɑːlɪtən/

🇬🇧British English

/kˌɒzməpˈɒlɪtən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˌɒzməpˈɒlɪtən/

5 syllables Say it as /kˌɑːzməpˈɑːlɪtən/.

Examples

a cosmopolitan herb
cosmopolitan in distribution
his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

oecumenical ecumenical universal world-wide cosmopolite general worldwide widely distributed

Antonyms

endemic provincial

Parts of Speech

noun	a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
adjective	growing or occurring in many parts of the world “a cosmopolitan herb”
adjective	composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; - T.B. Macaulay “his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds”
adjective	of worldwide scope or applicability; ; - Christopher Morley “an issue of cosmopolitan import”

Word Forms

universalize	verb	make universal
universe	noun	everything that exists anywhere
universality	noun	the quality of being universal; existing everywhere

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

kosmopolitisch

ein kultivierter Mensch, der viele Länder bereist hat

🇫🇷French

cosmopolite

une personne sophistiquée qui a voyagé dans de nombreux pays

🇪🇸Spanish

cosmopolita

una persona sofisticada que ha viajado a muchos países

🇮🇹Italian

cosmopolita

una persona sofisticata che ha viaggiato in molti paesi

🇳🇱Dutch

kosmopolitisch

een verfijnd persoon die in veel landen heeft gereisd

🇵🇹Portuguese

cosmopolita

uma pessoa sofisticada que já viajou por muitos países

🇷🇺Russian

космополитичный

утонченный человек, объездивший множество стран

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विश्वव्यापी

एक परिष्कृत व्यक्ति जिसने कई देशों की यात्रा की है

🇧🇩Bengali

মহাজাগতিক

একজন পরিশীলিত ব্যক্তি যিনি অনেক দেশে ভ্রমণ করেছেন

🇮🇳Tamil

அகிலன்

பல நாடுகளில் பயணம் செய்த ஒரு அதிநவீன நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

విశ్వమానవుడు

అనేక దేశాలలో పర్యటించిన అధునాతన వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

कॉस्मोपॉलिटन

एक अत्याधुनिक व्यक्ती ज्याने अनेक देशांमध्ये प्रवास केला आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

કોસ્મોપોલિટન

એક સુસંસ્કૃત વ્યક્તિ જેણે ઘણા દેશોમાં પ્રવાસ કર્યો છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಶ್ವಮಾನವ

ಅನೇಕ ದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಸಿದ ಅತ್ಯಾಧುನಿಕ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിശ്വമാനവി

പല രാജ്യങ്ങളിലും യാത്ര ചെയ്ത ഒരു പരിഷ്കൃത വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬ੍ਰਹਿਮੰਡੀ

ਇੱਕ ਸੂਝਵਾਨ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਿਸਨੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੇ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

کاسموپولیٹن

ایک نفیس شخص جس نے بہت سے ممالک کا سفر کیا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

世界性的

一个游历过许多国家、经验丰富的人

🇯🇵Japanese

コスモポリタン

多くの国を旅行した洗練された人

🇰🇷Korean

국제적인

여러 나라를 여행한 세련된 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

quốc tế

một người sành điệu đã đi du lịch ở nhiều nước

🇹🇭Thai

ความเป็นสากล

บุคคลผู้มีความซับซ้อนซึ่งได้เดินทางไปหลายประเทศ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kosmopolitan

orang canggih yang telah bepergian ke banyak negara

🇵🇭Filipino

kosmopolitan

isang sopistikadong tao na naglakbay sa maraming bansa

🇲🇾Malay

kosmopolitan

seorang yang canggih yang telah mengembara di banyak negara

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عالمي

شخص متطور سافر في العديد من البلدان

🇮🇷Persian

جهان شهری

فردی پیچیده که به کشورهای زیادی سفر کرده است

🇹🇷Turkish

kozmopolit

birçok ülkeyi gezmiş sofistike bir kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

קוֹסמוֹפּוֹלִיטִי

אדם מתוחכם שטייל במדינות רבות

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