urbanとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɜːbən/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)bən
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɝbən/
• ハイフネーション: ur‧ban

形容詞

urban (comparative more urban, superlative most urban)

1. Related to the (または any) city.

   urban life

   urban traffic

   • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[4], 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. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.

2. Characteristic of city life.
3. (US, proscribed, outdated) Relating to contemporary African American culture, especially in music.
4. (US, Britain, euphemistic, offensive) (of inhabitants または residents) Black; African American.

使用する際の注意点

• The word "urban" in a musical context came to be controversial and it was described as perpetuating and reinforcing the racial stereotyping of black communities, especially black musicians,^[1] and as a "catchall for music created by Black artists, regardless of genre", leading to the music industry's replacement of it with more appropriate terms.^[2]
• "Urban" as a descriptor of black inhabitants or residents is an offensive and stereotypical usage; see Dictionary.com's "Historical usage of urban" for the explanation.^[3]

反意語

• nonurban
• rural
• bucolic

派生語

参考

• Urbanus

参照

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• urban at OneLook Dictionary Search
• urban in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• urban in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

アナグラム

• Braun, Buran, Rabun, aburn, unabr., unbar