utopia

See also: Utopia, utópia, utopía, and utopią

English

Etymology

From New Latin Ūtopia, the name of a fictional island possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία. Compare English topos and -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːˈtəʊpɪə/
• IPA^(key): /juˈtoʊpi.ə/

Noun

utopia (countable and uncountable, plural utopia or utopias)

1. A world in which everything and everyone works in perfect harmony.
   • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 188, number 22, page 30:

     As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.

Antonyms

• dystopia
• unutopia

Derived terms

Terms derived from utopia

• anti-utopia
• cyberutopia
• dystopia
• eutopia, Eutopia
• eutopic
• gaytopia
• heterotopia
• infotopia
• intimatopia
• pornotopia
• privatopia
• romantopia
• sextopia
• techno-utopian, technoutopian, technotopian
• unutopia
• utopian, Utopian
• utopiate
• utopic
• utopical
• utopism
• utopist
• utopistic
• utopographer

 

Translations

world in perfect harmony

• Albanian: utopia
• Arabic: مَدِينَة فَاضِلَة f (madīna(t) fāḍila)
• Armenian: ուտոպիա (hy) (utopia)
• Azerbaijani: utopiya
• Basque: utopia (eu)
• Belarusian: ўтопія f (ŭtópija)
• Bengali: ইউটোপিয়া (iuṭōpiẏa)
• Bulgarian: утопия (bg) f (utopija)
• Catalan: utopia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏托邦／乌托邦 (zh) (wūtuōbāng), 乌托邦 (zh) (wūtuōbāng), 桃花源 (zh) (táohuāyuán), 烏有鄉／乌有乡, 乌有乡 (wūyǒuxiāng)

• Czech: utopie f
• Danish: utopi c
• Dutch: utopie (nl)
• Esperanto: utopio (eo)
• Estonian: utoopia
• Finnish: utopia (fi)
• French: utopie (fr) f
• Galician: utopía f
• Georgian: უტოპია (uṭoṗia)
• German: Utopie (de) f
• Greek: ουτοπία (el) f (outopía)
• Hebrew: אוטופיה (he) f (utopiya)
• Hindi: यूटोपिया f (yūṭopiyā)
• Hungarian: utópia (hu)
• Icelandic: útópía
• Ido: utopio (io)
• Indonesian: utopia (id)
• Irish: útóipe f
• Italian: utopia (it) f
• Japanese: 理想郷 (ja) (りそうきょう, risōkyō), ユートピア (yūtopia), 黄金世界 (おうごんせかい, ōgon sekai)
• Kannada: ಯುಟೊಪಿಯ (yuṭopiya)
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• Kazakh: утопия (utopiä)
• Korean: 이상향 (isanghyang)
• Latvian: utopija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: utopija (lt) f
• Lower Sorbian: utopija f
• Macedonian: утопија f (utopija)
• Malay: utopia
• Malayalam: ഉട്ടോപ്യ (uṭṭōpya)
• Norwegian: utopi m
• Occitan: utopia (oc)
• Persian: آرمان‌شهر (fa) (armanshahr)
• Polish: utopia (pl) f
• Portuguese: utopia (pt) f
• Romanian: utopie (ro) f
• Russian: уто́пия (ru) f (utópija)
• Samogitian: utuopėjė f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: уто̀пија f

  Roman: utòpija (sh) f

• Slovak: utópia f
• Slovene: utopija f
• Spanish: utopía (es) f
• Swedish: utopi (sv) c
• Tamil: யுட்டோபியா (yuṭṭōpiyā)
• Telugu: ఆదర్శధామం (ādarśadhāmaṁ)
• Thai: ดินแดนในอุดมคติ (daen nai oo-dom ká-dtì), อุตมรัฐ (th) (ùt-dtà-má-rát), ยูโทเปีย (th)
• Turkish: ütopya (tr)
• Ukrainian: утопія (uk) f (utopija)
• Uzbek: utopiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: utopia (vi)
• Welsh: wtopia f, iwtopia f

See also

• heaven
• paradise

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Catalan

Noun

utopia f (plural utopies)

1. utopia

Derived terms

• utòpic

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Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

Noun

utopia

1. utopia

Declension

Inflection of utopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		utopia	utopiat
genitive		utopian	utopioiden utopioitten
partitive		utopiaa	utopioita
illative		utopiaan	utopioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		utopia	utopiat
accusative	nom.	utopia	utopiat
	gen.	utopian
genitive		utopian	utopioiden utopioitten utopiain rare
partitive		utopiaa	utopioita
inessive		utopiassa	utopioissa
elative		utopiasta	utopioista
illative		utopiaan	utopioihin
adessive		utopialla	utopioilla
ablative		utopialta	utopioilta
allative		utopialle	utopioille
essive		utopiana	utopioina
translative		utopiaksi	utopioiksi
abessive		utopiatta	utopioitta
instructive		—	utopioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of utopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative utopiani utopiani accusative nom. utopiani utopiani gen. utopiani genitive utopiani utopioideni utopioitteni utopiaini rare partitive utopiaani utopioitani inessive utopiassani utopioissani elative utopiastani utopioistani illative utopiaani utopioihini adessive utopiallani utopioillani ablative utopialtani utopioiltani allative utopialleni utopioilleni essive utopianani utopioinani translative utopiakseni utopioikseni abessive utopiattani utopioittani instructive — — comitative — utopioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative utopiasi utopiasi accusative nom. utopiasi utopiasi gen. utopiasi genitive utopiasi utopioidesi utopioittesi utopiaisi rare partitive utopiaasi utopioitasi inessive utopiassasi utopioissasi elative utopiastasi utopioistasi illative utopiaasi utopioihisi adessive utopiallasi utopioillasi ablative utopialtasi utopioiltasi allative utopiallesi utopioillesi essive utopianasi utopioinasi translative utopiaksesi utopioiksesi abessive utopiattasi utopioittasi instructive — — comitative — utopioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative utopiamme utopiamme accusative nom. utopiamme utopiamme gen. utopiamme genitive utopiamme utopioidemme utopioittemme utopiaimme rare partitive utopiaamme utopioitamme inessive utopiassamme utopioissamme elative utopiastamme utopioistamme illative utopiaamme utopioihimme adessive utopiallamme utopioillamme ablative utopialtamme utopioiltamme allative utopiallemme utopioillemme essive utopianamme utopioinamme translative utopiaksemme utopioiksemme abessive utopiattamme utopioittamme instructive — — comitative — utopioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative utopianne utopianne accusative nom. utopianne utopianne gen. utopianne genitive utopianne utopioidenne utopioittenne utopiainne rare partitive utopiaanne utopioitanne inessive utopiassanne utopioissanne elative utopiastanne utopioistanne illative utopiaanne utopioihinne adessive utopiallanne utopioillanne ablative utopialtanne utopioiltanne allative utopiallenne utopioillenne essive utopiananne utopioinanne translative utopiaksenne utopioiksenne abessive utopiattanne utopioittanne instructive — — comitative — utopioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative utopiansa utopiansa accusative nom. utopiansa utopiansa gen. utopiansa genitive utopiansa utopioidensa utopioittensa utopiainsa rare partitive utopiaansa utopioitaan utopioitansa inessive utopiassaan utopiassansa utopioissaan utopioissansa elative utopiastaan utopiastansa utopioistaan utopioistansa illative utopiaansa utopioihinsa adessive utopiallaan utopiallansa utopioillaan utopioillansa ablative utopialtaan utopialtansa utopioiltaan utopioiltansa allative utopialleen utopiallensa utopioilleen utopioillensa essive utopianaan utopianansa utopioinaan utopioinansa translative utopiakseen utopiaksensa utopioikseen utopioiksensa abessive utopiattaan utopiattansa utopioittaan utopioittansa instructive — — comitative — utopioineen utopioinensa

Anagrams

• poutia, toipua

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Italian

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /utoːpja/
• Hyphenation: u‧to‧pì‧a

Noun

utopia f (plural utopie)

1. utopia

Antonyms

• distopia

Derived terms

• utopico
• utopista

Related terms

• utopistico

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈtɔ.pja/

Noun

utopia f

1. utopia

Declension

Declension of utopia

	singular	plural
nominative	utopia	utopie
genitive	utopii	utopii/utopij (archaic)
dative	utopii	utopiom
accusative	utopię	utopie
instrumental	utopią	utopiami
locative	utopii	utopiach
vocative	utopio	utopie

Derived terms

• (adjective) utopijny
• (adverb) utopijnie
• (nouns) utopijność, utopista, utopistka

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From New Latin Utopia, the name of a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More. Coined from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not, no”) + τόπος (tópos, “place, region”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: u‧to‧pi‧a

Noun

utopia f (plural utopias)

1. utopia