middle class

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Noun

middle class (plural middle classes)

1. A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class.
2. (plural) The groups in society composed of professionals, semi-professionals, and lower-to-middle managerial level workers.

Derived terms

• middle-class
• upper middle class

Related terms

• bourgeoisie
• bourgie
• white-collar
• yuppie, yuppies

Translations

a social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: միջին խավ (hy) (miǰin xav)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中產階級 (cmn), 中产阶级 (cmn) (zhōngchǎn jiējí)

• Czech: střední třída (cs) f
• Danish: middelklasse (da) c
• Finnish: keskiluokka (fi), porvaristo (fi)
• French: classe moyenne (fr) f
• German: Mittelschicht (de) f, Mittelklasse (de) f
• Greek: αστική τάξη (el) (astikí táxi) f
• Irish: meánaicme (ga) f

• Japanese: 中産階級 (ja) (chūsan kaikyū)
• Khmer: ថ្នាក់កណ្ដាល (km) (tnak kɑndaal)
• Macedonian: средна класа (mk) (srédna klása) f
• Persian: طبقه متوسط (fa) (tabaqe-ye motavasset)
• Polish: klasa średnia (pl) f
• Romanian: clasă de mijloc (ro), clasă mijlocie (ro), clasă medie (ro)
• Russian: средний класс (ru) (srédnij klass) m
• Spanish: clase media (es) f
• Swedish: medelklass (sv) c
• Telugu: మద్య తరగతి (te) (madyataragati)
• Welsh: dosbarth canol (cy) m