bourgeois

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Borrowed from French bourgeois < Old French burgeis (town dweller) < borc (town) < Proto-Germanic *burgs (fortress) < Proto-Indo-European *bʰrgʰ- (fortified elevation). The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish *burg or Late Latin burgus, or possibly both.

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bourgeois (comparative more bourgeois, superlative most bourgeois)

Positive
bourgeois

Comparative
more bourgeois

Superlative
most bourgeois

  1. Of or related to the middle class, especially its attitudes and conventions.
  2. Belonging to the middle class.
  3. Conventional, conservative and materialistic.
    bourgeois opinion
  4. (political, leftist terminology) Of, or related to capitalist exploitation of the working class.

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Singular
bourgeois

Plural
uncountable

bourgeois (uncountable)

  1. (political, collectively) The middle class.
  2. (rare) An individual member of the middle class.
  3. A person with bourgeois values and attitudes.

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bourgeois m. (f. bourgeoise, m. plural bourgeois, f. plural bourgeoises)

  1. bourgeois.

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bourgeois (comparative bourgeoiser, superlative am bourgeoisesten)

  1. bourgeois