adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/səˈbɜː(ɹ)bən/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)bən
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Relating to or characteristic of or situated on the outskirts of a city; of or relating to suburbia or the suburbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person who lives in a suburb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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3
noun
Meaning 3
An automobile with a station wagon body on a truck chassis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
suburban population
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin suburbanus, from prefix sub- (“under”) + urbs (“city”) + -anus (“adjective suffix”), equivalent to sub- + urban.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Belarusian:
пры́гарадны
(prýharadny)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Belarusian:
прыме́скі
(prymjéski)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Bulgarian:
от предградията
(ot predgradijata)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Catalan:
suburbà
— relating to outskirts of a city
Chinese Mandarin:
郊區的 /郊区的
(jiāoqū de)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Chinese Mandarin:
市郊的
(shìjiāo de)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Czech:
předměstský
— relating to outskirts of a city
Dutch:
voorstedelijk
— relating to outskirts of a city
Esperanto:
suburba
— relating to outskirts of a city
Finnish:
esikaupunki-
— relating to outskirts of a city
Finnish:
lähiö-
— relating to outskirts of a city
French:
suburbain
— relating to outskirts of a city
French:
banlieusard
— relating to outskirts of a city
German:
vorstädtisch
— relating to outskirts of a city
German:
Vorort-
— relating to outskirts of a city
Greek:
προαστιακός
(proastiakós)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Hungarian:
külvárosi
— relating to outskirts of a city
Irish:
fo-uirbeach
— relating to outskirts of a city
Irish:
bruachbhailteach
— relating to outskirts of a city
Irish:
fo-bhailteach
— relating to outskirts of a city
Italian:
suburbano
— relating to outskirts of a city
Japanese:
郊外の
(kōgai no)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Kazakh:
қала айналасындағы
(qala ainalasyndağy)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Kazakh:
қала жаны
(qala jany)
— relating to outskirts of a city
K'iche':
apan tinamit
— relating to outskirts of a city
Korean:
교외의
(gyooe'ui)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Latin:
suburbānus
— relating to outskirts of a city
Polish:
podmiejski
— relating to outskirts of a city
Portuguese:
suburbano
— relating to outskirts of a city
Romanian:
suburban
— relating to outskirts of a city
Russian:
при́городный
(prígorodnyj)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Russian:
за́городный
(zágorodnyj)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Serbo-Croatian:
при̏градскӣ
— relating to outskirts of a city
Serbo-Croatian:
prȉgradskī
— relating to outskirts of a city
Slovak:
predmestský
— relating to outskirts of a city
Spanish:
suburbano
— relating to outskirts of a city
Swedish:
förorts-
— relating to outskirts of a city
Ukrainian:
приміськи́й
(prymisʹkýj)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Ukrainian:
передміськи́й
(peredmisʹkýj)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Ukrainian:
підміськи́й
(pidmisʹkýj)
— relating to outskirts of a city
Vietnamese:
ngoại ô
— relating to outskirts of a city
