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bourgeois¹
- /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/ UK
- /ˈbʊəʒ.wɑː/ UK
- /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/ US
- /ˈbʊɹʒ.wɑː/ US
- /bʊʒˈwɑː/ US
- /ˈbʊʒ.wɑː/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ʒwɑː, -ʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑː, -ɑː
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.
adjective more bourgeois · most bourgeois · burgeois
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Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
bourgeois opinion
Similar: square
- Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
- Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat. Bogdanov did not explain what proletarian astronomy or integral calculus would be like, but he declared that if workers had difficulty in mastering the various sciences without long, specialized study it was chiefly because bourgeois scientists had erected artificial barriers of method and vocabular
noun bourgeois · burgeois
- The middle class.
- An individual member of the middle class.
- A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
- An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
- A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat. Der Bourgeois sieht in seiner Frau ein bloßes Produktionsinstrument. Er hört, daß die Produktionsinstrumente gemeinschaftlich ausgebeutet werden sollen, und kann sich natürlich nichts anderes denken, als daß das Los der Gemeinschaftlichkeit die Weiber gleichfalls treffen wird.
verb bourgeoises · bourgeoising · bourgeoised · burgeois
- To make bourgeois.
bourgeois²
- /bəːˈdʒɔɪs/ UK
- /bəɹˈd͡ʒɔɪs/ US
Rhymes with -ɔɪs
Where it comes from
From Middle English burjois, from French Bourgois, probably from Bourges (a city in France) + -ois (forming adjectives) but possibly from bourgeois above or after Jean de Bourgeois who worked as a printer in Rouen c. 1500.
noun burgeois
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A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
Similar: galliard
Bourgeois³
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French Bourgeois
proper noun Bourgeoises
- A surname from French.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: middle-class, burgher, capitalist, capitalistic, conservative, businessperson, materialistic, bourgeoisie, civic, citizen, right-wing, civil, urban, morality, wife, missus
Translations
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adj of or relating to the middle class
| Español | burgués |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ブルジョア, ブルジョワ |
| 中文 | 有產階級 /有产阶级 yǒuchǎn jiējí |
| Português | burguês |
| Français | bourgeois |
| Deutsch | bourgeois, bürgerlich |
| Italiano | borghese |
| Ελληνικά | αστικός astikós |
| Română | burghez, burjui |
| Русский | буржуа́зный buržuáznyj |
| العربية | بُرْجُوَازِيّ burjuwāziyy |
| עברית | בּוּרגָנִי |
adj conventional, conservative and materialistic
| Español | burgués, aburguesado |
|---|---|
| Français | bourgeois |
| Deutsch | spießig, spießbürgerlich |
| Русский | обыва́тельский obyvátelʹskij |
| العربية | بُرْجُوَازِيّ burjuwāziyy |
adj of or relating to capitalist exploitation
| Português | burguês |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | μπουρζουάδικος bourzouádikos, αστικός astikós |
| Русский | буржуа́зный buržuáznyj |
| العربية | بُرْجُوَازِيّ burjuwāziyy |
| עברית | בּוּרגָנִי |
noun the middle class
| 中文 | 中產階級 /中产阶级 zhōngchǎn jiējí |
|---|---|
| Русский | буржуази́я buržuazíja, меща́нство meščánstvo |
| العربية | بُرْجُوَازِيَّة burjuwāziyya |
noun individual member of the middle class
| Português | burguês, burguesa |
|---|---|
| Français | bourgeois, bourgeoise |
| Deutsch | Bourgeois |
| Italiano | borghese |
| Română | burghez |
| Русский | буржуа́ buržuá, буржу́й buržúj, мещани́н meščanín, меща́нка meščánka |
noun person with bourgeois values
| Русский | обыва́тель obyvátelʹ, обыва́тельница obyvátelʹnica, мещани́н meščanín, меща́нка meščánka |
|---|
noun member of the Third Estate
| 中文 | 資產階級 /资产阶级 zīchǎn jiējí |
|---|---|
| Русский | буржуа́ buržuá |
noun exploitive capitalist
| Ελληνικά | αστός astós, αστή astí, μπουρζουάς bourzouás |
|---|---|
| Русский | буржуа́ buržuá, буржу́й buržúj |
noun 9-point type
| Español | breviario |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 小五 xiǎowǔ |
| Français | petit-romain, gaillarde |
| Deutsch | Borgis, Bourgeois |
| Italiano | gagliarda |
name Translations
| Français | Bourgeois |
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