Translate cosmopolitan | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of cosmopolitan
adjective
1familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures:his knowledge of French, Italian, and Spanish made him genuinely cosmopolitan including people from many different countries:immigration transformed the city into a cosmopolitan metropolis having an exciting and glamorous character associated with travel and a mixture of cultures:their designs became a byword for cosmopolitan chic
2(of a plant or animal) found all over the world.
noun
1a cosmopolitan person: there were also cosmopolitans who spoke both Spanish and English and travelled in the worlds of both Puerto Rican and white Holyoke
2a cosmopolitan plant or animal.
3a cocktail made with Cointreau, lemon vodka, cranberry juice, and lime juice.
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(also cosmopolitanise) verb