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Vulgate¹

  • /ˈvʌlɡeɪt/
  • /ˈvʌlɡət/

Rhymes with -ʌlɡeɪt, -ʌlɡət

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin Vulgāta.

proper noun the Vulgate

  1. A particular Latin translation of the Bible made by Saint Jerome in the late 4th century CE.

vulgate²

  • /ˈvʌlɡeɪt/
  • /ˈvʌlɡət/
  • /vʌlˈɡeɪt/

Rhymes with -ʌlɡeɪt, -ʌlɡət, -eɪt

Where it comes from

From Latin vulgātus, past participle of vulgō (“publish, make common, cheapen”).

adjective more vulgate · most vulgate

  1. archaic Made common, published for common use.

    Similar: vulgarized

  2. not comparable, of a text In or pertaining to the common version or edition.

noun vulgates

  1. The language of a people, especially the commoners. The linguistic and socio-historical evidence herein examined suggests that the development of Coptic occurred in Ptolemaic Egypt, not only as a spoken vulgate in the Delta, but as a script produced through […]

    Similar: vernacular, vulgar

  2. of a text A common version or edition.

verb vulgates · vulgating · vulgated

  1. To publish, spread, promulgate to the people. Ordinary and vulgated sources will usually give all that is needed for a broad outline

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name Latin Bible translation

EspañolVulgata
日本語ウルガタ urugata
中文武加大譯本 /武加大译本 Wǔjiādà Yìběn, 通俗譯本 /通俗译本 Tōngsú Yìběn
PortuguêsVulgata
FrançaisVulgate
DeutschVulgata
ItalianoVulgata
ΕλληνικάΒουλγάτα Voulgáta
РусскийВульга́та Vulʹgáta

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@misc{vulgate_2026,
  title = {vulgate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vulgate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}