Utrecht

From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (“out, outside”) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (“to cross, to send across”), from trāns- (“trans-: through, across”) + iacere (“to throw”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/, /ˈjuˌtɹɛxt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /juːˈtɹɛxt/

Utrecht

1. A city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands.

   The Treaty of Utrecht (11 April 1713) recognized Anne as the rightful queen of England and yielded St Kitts and much of Canada to the English.

2. A municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
3. A province of the Netherlands.

• chutter

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Utrecht m

1. Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)

• Utregt, Utert, Uitrecht, Uitregt, Uitert (obsolete)
• Utreg, Utrech (dialect spelling)

From Middle Dutch utrecht, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch ūt (“outside”) + Latin Traiectum, the name of the original Roman fort around which the city was built, a name meaning "crossing," from the verb traicio (“I go across, transfer”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈy.trɛxt/
• (Utrecht, Limburg) IPA^(key): /ˈy.trɛx/

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• Hyphenation: Utrecht

Utrecht n

1. Utrecht (a city and municipality and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands).

   Synonyms: Domstad (nickname), 030 (nickname), Utje (nickname), Leemput (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Alendorp, Blauwkapel, De Meern, Haarzuilens, Lage Haar, Nedereindseweg, Ockhuizen, Oudenrijn, Rijnenburg, Stadsdam, Themaat, Veldhuizen, Vleuten

2. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands).

   Meronyms: Amersfoort, Baarn, Bunnik, Bunschoten, De Bilt, De Ronde Venen, Eemnes, Houten, IJsselstein, Leusden, Lopik, Montfoort, Nieuwegein, Oudewater, Renswoude, Rhenen, Soest, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Veenendaal, Vijfheerenlanden, Wijk bij Duurstede, Woerden, Woudenberg, Zeist

• → English: Utrecht velvet
• → French: velours d'Utrecht

• Nedersticht
• Sticht

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

• IPA^(key): /y.tʁɛkt/

Utrecht f

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

• Ütrecht (dated)

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

• IPA^(key): /ˈyː.tʁɛçt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈuː.tʁɛçt/, /ˈʊt.ʁɛçt/ (spelling pronunciations, rare in educated speech)

Utrecht n (proper noun, genitive Utrechts or (optionally with an article) Utrecht)

1. Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)

• Utrechter

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

• IPA^(key): /ˈut.rɛxt/
• Rhymes: -utrɛxt
• Syllabification: Ut‧recht

Utrecht m inan

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

• Utrecht in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Utrecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Utreque

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Utrecht.

Utrecht

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Utrecht m

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)