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vulgar
- /ˈvʌl.ɡə/ UK
- /ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ʌlɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Compare Welsh gwala (“plenty, sufficiency”), Ancient Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”), εἰλέω (eiléō, “to compress”), Proto-Slavic *valъ.
adjective more vulgar · vulgarer · most vulgar · vulgarest · vulgare
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Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
vulgar language
Similar: inappropriate, debased, uncouth, offensive, ignoble, mean, profane, crass, crude, coarse, adult, bawdy
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Having to do with ordinary, common people.
Near-synonyms: vulgate; vulgarized
Similar: common, popular, plebeian, vulgate, vulgarized
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Common, usual; of the typical kind.
vulgar bush brown (Bicyclus vulgaris)
Similar: customary, ordinary, typical, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden, common-or-garden, congruent
- Being a vulgar fraction. A fraction is vulgar if it has one integer divided by another integer, as long as the integer that's doing the dividing isn't equal to zero.
noun vulgars · vulgare
- A common, ordinary person. Popular antiquarian writings […] frequently focused on the regional vulgars' superstitious beliefs regarding the dead and their ongoing presence—such as popular funeral rites or the vulgars' fear of church yards.
- The common people.
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The language of a people, especially the commoners.
Therefore you Clowne, abandon: which is in the vulgar, leaue the societie: which in the boorish, is companie, of this female: which in the common, is woman: which together, is, abandon the society of this Female, […]
Similar: vulgate, vernacular
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: coarse, crude, unrefined, lowborn, gross, indecent, uncouth, plebeian, informal, unwashed, common, vernacular, earthy, foul-mouthed, trashy, uncivilised
Translations
Every language
adj distasteful, uncouth, obscene
| Español | vulgar, chabacano, ramplón |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 卑しい iyashii, 汚い kitanai |
| 中文 | 鄙俗 bǐsú, 粗俗 cūsú |
| हिन्दी | वल्गर valgar, अश्लील aślīl |
| Português | vulgar, obsceno, indecente |
| Français | vulgaire, obscène |
| Deutsch | vulgär, unfein, ungebildet, unanständig, ungehobelt, vulgärsprachlich |
| Italiano | osceno, triviale, volgare, indecente |
| Ελληνικά | χυδαίος chydaíos, πρόστυχος próstychos, αγοραίος agoraíos |
| Română | obscen, vulgar |
| Русский | вульга́рный vulʹgárnyj, непристо́йный nepristójnyj, неприли́чный neprilíčnyj, по́шлый póšlyj |
| العربية | بَذِيء baḏīʔ |
| עברית | ווּלְגָרִי vulgári, הֲמוֹנִי hamoní |
adj having to do with common people
| Español | vulgar, shumo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 平民の heimin no, 庶民的な shominteki na |
| 中文 | 平民的 píngmín de, 庶民的 shùmín de, 百姓的 bǎixìng de |
| Português | vulgar, popular, comum |
| Deutsch | allgemein, ordinär, vulgär, vulgärsprachlich, Volks-, volkstümlich |
| Ελληνικά | κοινός koinós |
| Română | grosolan, comun, ordinar |
| Русский | простонаро́дный prostonaródnyj |
noun common people
| Español | vulgo |
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Talk about this word "vulgar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vulgar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vulgar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vulgar "vulgar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vulgar.Cite this
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title = {vulgar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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