utopie

See also: Utopie and utopię

Czech

Etymology

Derived 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): [ˈutopɪjɛ]
• Hyphenation: uto‧pie

Noun

utopie f

1. utopia

Declension

Declension of utopie (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	utopie	utopie
genitive	utopie	utopií
dative	utopii	utopiím
accusative	utopii	utopie
vocative	utopie	utopie
locative	utopii	utopiích
instrumental	utopií	utopiemi

Related terms

• See topikum

• utopický

Further reading

• “utopie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “utopie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From New Latin Ūtopia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌytoːˈpi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: uto‧pie

Noun

utopie f (plural utopieën, diminutive utopietje n)

1. Utopia, imaginary society in perfect harmony
2. utopia, unattainable ideal
3. illusion, delusion

Related terms

• utopiaans
• utopiek
• utopisch
• utopisme
• utopist
• utopistisch

French

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): /y.tɔ.pi/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Paris)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Homophone: utopies
• Hyphenation: u‧to‧pie

Noun

utopie f (plural utopies)

1. utopia, imaginary society in perfect harmony
2. utopia, unattainable ideal

Antonyms

• dystopie

Derived terms

• utopisme m
• utopiste m
• utopique

Descendants

• → German: Utopie
  • → Swedish: utopi
• → Romanian: utopie

Further reading

• “utopie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• toupie

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.toˈpi.e/
• Rhymes: -ie
• Hyphenation: u‧to‧pì‧e

Noun

utopie f

1. plural of utopia

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈtɔ.pjɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔpjɛ
• Syllabification: u‧to‧pie
• Homophone: utopię

Noun

utopie f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of utopia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French utopie.

Noun

utopie f (plural utopii)

1. utopia

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	utopie	utopia	utopii	utopiile
genitive-dative	utopii	utopiei	utopii	utopiilor
vocative	utopie, utopio		utopiilor