bourgeoisie

See also Bourgeoisie

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowing from French bourgeoisie, from 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 (cmn), 资产阶级 (cmn) (zīchǎn jiējí), 布爾喬亞 (cmn), 布尔乔亚 (cmn) (bù'ěrqiáoyà), 中產階級 (cmn), 中产阶级 (cmn) (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
• Polish: burżuazja (pl) f, mieszczaństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: burguesia (pt) f
• Romanian: burghezie (ro)
• Russian: буржуазия (ru) (buržuazíja) f , мещанство (ru) (meščánstvo) n  (older translation, less political connotation)
• Spanish: burguesía (es) f

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French

Etymology

From bourgeois +‎ -ie

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bourgeoisie f (plural bourgeoisies)

1. bourgeoisie.

Derived terms

• German: Bourgeoisie