cosmopolite

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Pronunciation

• enPR: kŏz.mŏʹpə.līt', IPA: /kɑzˈmɑ.pəˌlaɪt/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolites, “citizen of the world”) (κόσμος (kosmos, “world”) + πολίτης (polites, “citizen”)).

Noun

cosmopolite (plural cosmopolites)

1. One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.
2. (US) The butterfly painted lady (Vanessa cardui).

Related terms

• cosmopolitan

Translations

cosmopolitan person

• Arabic: مواطن العالم (ar) (muwaaTin al-3álam) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 四海為家 (cmn), 四海为家 (cmn) (sìhǎiwéijiā), 世界公民 (cmn) (shìjiè gōngmín)

• Danish: verdensborger (da)
• Dutch: wereldburger (nl) m, kosmopoliet (nl)
• French: cosmopolite (fr) m

• German: Weltbürger (de) m, Kosmopolit (de) m
• Hungarian: kozmopolita (hu), világpolgár (hu)
• Japanese: 世界人 (ja) (せかいじん, sekaijin)
• Portuguese: cosmopolita (pt) m and f (adjective)
• Russian: космополит (ru) (kosmopolít) m
• Spanish: cosmopolita (es) m and f (adjective)

painted lady — see painted lady

Adjective

cosmopolite (comparative more cosmopolite, superlative most cosmopolite)

1. (obsolete) cosmopolitan
   • (Can we date this quote?) Sir W. Hamilton

     In other countries taste is perhaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite.

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Italian

Adjective

cosmopolite f

1. Feminine plural form of cosmopolita