bourgeoisie

See also Bourgeoisie

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from bourgeois, “burghers”, i.e., inhabitants of towns.

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌbʊəɹʒwɑˈzi/

Noun

bourgeoisie (uncountable)

1. a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate
2. (Marxism) The capitalist class.

Derived terms

• haute bourgeoisie
• petite bourgeoisie
• petty bourgeoisie
• bourgie

Translations

middle class

Arabic: برجوازية (ar) (burjuwazíyya) f. Basque: burgesia (eu) Catalan: burgesia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 資產階級 (zh), 资产阶级 (zh) (zīchǎn jiējí), 布爾喬亞 (zh), 布尔乔亚 (zh) (bù'ěrqiáoyà), 中產階級 (zh), 中产阶级 (zh) (zhōngchǎn jiējí) Czech: buržoazie (cs) f. Esperanto: burĝaro (eo) Finnish: porvaristo (fi), keskiluokka (fi) French: bourgeoisie (fr) f.

German: Bourgeoisie (de) f. Hebrew: בורגנות (he) (burganut) f. Italian: borghesia (it) f. Japanese: 中産階級 (ja) (chūsan kaikyū), ブルジョワジー (ja) (burujowajī) Macedonian: буржуазија (mk) (buržuázija) f. Portuguese: burguesia (pt) f. Romanian: burghezie (ro) Russian: буржуазия (ru) (buržuazíja) f. Spanish: burguesía (es) f.

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French

Etymology

From bourgeois +‎ -ie

Pronunciation

• IPA: /buʁ.ʒwa.zi/, SAMPA: /buR.Zwa.zi/

Noun

bourgeoisie f. (plural bourgeoisies)

1. bourgeoisie.