cosmopolita

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French cosmopolite, from Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kuz.mu.puˈli.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koz.mo.puˈli.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [koz.mo.poˈli.ta]

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Adjective

cosmopolita m or f (masculine and feminine plural cosmopolites)

1. cosmopolitan

Noun

cosmopolita m or f by sense (plural cosmopolites)

1. cosmopolite

Further reading

• “cosmopolita”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cosmopolita”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cosmopolita” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cosmopolita”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs).

Adjective

cosmopolita m or f (plural cosmopolitas)

1. cosmopolitan

Noun

cosmopolita m or f by sense (plural cosmopolitas)

1. cosmopolite

Further reading

• “cosmopolita”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.ta/, (deprecated) /koz.moˈpɔ.li.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita, (deprecated) -ɔlita
• Hyphenation: co‧smo‧po‧lì‧ta, (deprecated) co‧smo‧pò‧li‧ta

Adjective

cosmopolita m or f by sense (masculine plural cosmopoliti, feminine plural cosmopolite)

1. cosmopolitan

Noun

cosmopolita m or f by sense (masculine plural cosmopoliti, feminine plural cosmopolite)

1. cosmopolitan

Further reading

• cosmopolita in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• cosmopolita in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• cosmopolita in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• cosmopolita in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• cosmopolìta, cosmopòlita in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• cosmopolita in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• cosmopolita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• omoplastico

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʒ.mo.poˈli.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuʒ.mu.puˈli.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -itɐ
• Hyphenation: cos‧mo‧po‧li‧ta

Noun

cosmopolita m or f by sense (plural cosmopolitas)

1. cosmopolite (cosmopolitan person)

Adjective

cosmopolita m or f (plural cosmopolitas)

1. cosmopolitan (affecting the whole world)
2. cosmopolitan (composed of people from all over the world)

   Synonym: cosmopolitano

Related terms

• cosmópole

Further reading

• “cosmopolita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cosmopolita”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “cosmopolita” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cosmopolita”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cosmopolita”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cosmopolita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cosmopolite, from Ancient Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kosmopoˈlita/ [koz.mo.poˈli.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: cos‧mo‧po‧li‧ta

Adjective

cosmopolita m or f (masculine and feminine plural cosmopolitas)

1. cosmopolitan

Noun

cosmopolita m or f by sense (plural cosmopolitas)

1. cosmopolite (cosmopolitan person)

Further reading

• “cosmopolita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025