urbanism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der.

Proto-Italic *worβis?

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.?

Latin urbs

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin urbānusder.

Middle French urbainbor.

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Latin urbānus

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Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English urban

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English urbanism

From urban + -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɜː(ɹ)bənɪzəm/

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Noun

urbanism (countable and uncountable, plural urbanisms)

1. The study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social, and cultural environment.

   Coordinate terms: urban studies, urbanology

2. The culture or way of life of people who live in cities.

   Synonym: urbiculture

3. Urbanization.
4. Urban planning.
   • 2008, Diego Ramirez-Lovering, Opportunistic Urbanism, RMIT Publishing, →ISBN, page 125:

     Simultaneously there has been a growing disenchantment with the conventional face of urban design as it is practiced in the West, alongside demands for a new and emerging urbanism that is responsive to the everyday life of the city: […]

Derived terms

• chronourbanism
• hyperurbanism
• market urbanism
• New Urbanism
• tactical urbanism
• zombie urbanism

Related terms

• urbanist

Translations

study of cities

• Estonian: urbanistika
• Finnish: kaupunkitutkimus
• French: urbanisme (fr) m
• German: Urbanistik (de) f
• Italian: urbanistica (it) f
• Luxembourgish: Urbanismus
• Malay: urbanisme
• Polish: urbanistyka (pl) f
• Romanian: urbanism (ro) n, urbanistică (ro) f
• Russian: урбани́зм (ru) m (urbanízm), урбани́стика (ru) f (urbanístika)
• Welsh: trefolaeth f

culture of people who live in cities

• Crimean Tatar: urbanizm
• Estonian: urbanism (et)
• Finnish: kaupunkikulttuuri, kaupunkilaiskulttuuri
• German: Stadtleben (de) n
• Irish: uirbeachas m
• Malay: urbanisme
• Polish: urbanizm (pl) m
• Welsh: trefolrwydd m

urbanization — see urbanization

urban planning — see urban planning

Further reading

• urbanism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bruinsma, Namburis, Umbrians

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French urbanisme.

Noun

urbanism n (uncountable)

1. urbanism, urban planning

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	urbanism	urbanismul
genitive-dative	urbanism	urbanismului
vocative	urbanismule