metropolita

See also: metropolità and metropolitą

Esperanto

Adjective

metropolita (accusative singular metropolitan, plural metropolitaj, accusative plural metropolitajn)

  1. metropolitan

Italian

Adjective

metropolita (masculine plural metropoliti, feminine plural metropolite)

  1. (Christianity) metropolitan (of a metropolitan bishop)

Noun

metropolita m (plural metropoliti)

  1. (Christianity) metropolitan (bishop)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin metropolīta, from Ancient Greek μητροπολίτης (mētropolítēs).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛt.rɔ.pɔˈli.ta/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: met‧ro‧po‧li‧ta

Noun

metropolita m pers

  1. (Roman Catholicism) metropolitan (bishop empowered to oversee other bishops)

Declension
Declension of metropolita
singular plural
nominative metropolita metropolici/metropolity (deprecative)
genitive metropolity metropolitów
dative metropolicie metropolitom
accusative metropolitę metropolitów
instrumental metropolitą metropolitami
locative metropolicie metropolitach
vocative metropolito metropolici

Derived terms
adjectives
adverb
  • metropolitalnie
nouns
verb
  • metropolizować się impf

Further reading
  • metropolita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • metropolita in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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