adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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rhymes with -ɒlɪtən
1
adj
Meaning 1
Relating to Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A native or inhabitant of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth2éh1yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Italic *komstaēō Latin cōnstō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ans Latin cōnstānsder. Latin Cōnstāns /Cōnstantius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin Cōnstantīnusbor. Ancient Greek Κωνστᾰντῑ́νου (Kōnstăntī́nou) Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis) Koine Greek Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs)bor. Latin Cōnstantīnopolis Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -īt(ēs) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -ītānus Latin Cōnstantīnopolītānuslbor. English Constantinopolitan Learned borrowing from Latin Cōnstantīnopolītānus.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
قُسْطَنْطِينِيّ
(qusṭanṭīniyy)
— relating to Constantinople
Catalan:
constantinopolità
— relating to Constantinople
Danish:
konstantinopolitansk
— relating to Constantinople
French:
constantinopolitain
— relating to Constantinople
German:
konstantinopolitanisch
— relating to Constantinople
Greek:
κωνσταντινουπολίτικος
(konstantinoupolítikos)
— relating to Constantinople
Latin:
Cōnstantīnopolītānus
— relating to Constantinople
Old Ruthenian:
царегородский
(carehorodskij)
— relating to Constantinople
Old Ruthenian:
царогородский
(carohorodskij)
— relating to Constantinople
Old Ruthenian:
царигородский
(carihorodskij)
— relating to Constantinople
Old Ruthenian:
царыгородский
(caryhorodskij)
— relating to Constantinople
Polish:
konstantynopolitański
— relating to Constantinople
Portuguese:
constantinopolitano
— relating to Constantinople
Spanish:
constantinopolitano
— relating to Constantinople
Swedish:
konstantinopolitansk
— relating to Constantinople
Ukrainian:
константино́польський
(konstantynópolʹsʹkyj)
— relating to Constantinople
Ukrainian:
царгоро́дський
(carhoródsʹkyj)
— relating to Constantinople
Ukrainian:
царегра́дський
(carehrádsʹkyj)
— relating to Constantinople
Arabic:
قُسْطَنْطِينِيّ
(qusṭanṭīniyy)
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Arabic:
قُسْطَنْطِينِيَّة
(qusṭanṭīniyya)
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Catalan:
constantinopolità
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Catalan:
constantinopolitana
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Danish:
konstantinopolitaner
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Danish:
konstantinopolitanerinde
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
French:
Constantinopolitain
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
French:
Constantinopolitaine
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Greek:
Κωνσταντινουπολίτης
(Konstantinoupolítis)
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Ancient Greek:
Κωνσταντινουπολίτης
(Kōnstantinoupolítēs)
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Latin:
Cōnstantīnopolītānus
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Latin:
Cōnstantīnopolītāna
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Polish:
konstantynopolitańczyk
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Polish:
konstantynopolitanka
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople
Swedish:
konstantinopolitan
— native or inhabitant of Constantinople