bourgeois
/ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/ · adj
Meaning
- Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
- 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.
- 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.
- To make bourgeois.
- A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
- A surname from French.
Etymology / origin
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.
- *burgz(gem-pro)→
- *burg(frk)→
- borgeis(Old French)→
- *bʰerǵʰ-(ine-pro)→
- bourgeois (English)
- Relations: root, der, der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- বুর্জোয়া(Bengali) (bor)
- बुर्जुआ(Hindi) (bor)
- borjuis(Malay) (bor)
- ബൂർഷ്വാ(Malayalam) (bor)
- ਬੁਰਜ਼ੁਆ(Punjabi) (bor)
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