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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 References 2 French 2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Etymology 2.4 Noun 2.4.1 Usage notes 2.4.2 Synonyms 2.4.3 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English peple, peeple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pueple / pople (modern French peuple), from Latin populus, probably from Etruscan. Use of the term as a plural for the word person is an example of suppletion.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpiːpəl/, SAMPA: /"pi:p@l/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpipəl/, /ˈpipl̩/, SAMPA: /"pip@l/, /"pipl=/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -iːpəl
• Hyphenation: peo‧ple

[edit] Noun

people (plural common noun and collective noun (plural peoples))

1. used as plural of person; a body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:

     "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."

2. (plural peoples) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; community.
3. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.
   • 1611, Old Testament, King James Version, 2 Samuel 8:15,

     And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.[1]

   • 1952, Old Testament, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Isaiah 1:3,

     The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people does not understand.

4. One's colleagues or employees.
   • 2001, Vince Flynn, Transfer of Power, p. 250:

     Kennedy looked down at Flood's desk and thought about the possibilities. "Can you locate him?" "I already have my people checking on all [it]."

   • 2008, Fern Michaels, Hokus Pokus‎, p. 184:

     Can I have one of my people get back to your people, Mr. President?" She tried to slam the phone back into the base and failed.

5. A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

   My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.

6. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

[edit] Synonyms

• (plural of person, human beings):
• (persons belonging to a group): collective, community, congregation, folk, nation, clan, tribe, race, class, caste, club
• (followers): fans, groupies, supporters
• (ancestors or relatives): kin
• (mass of a community): populace, commoners, citizenry

[edit] Derived terms

• peeps
• people's army
• people's democracy
• people's republic
• people's war
• peoplehood
• peopleless

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to people (third-person singular simple present peoples, present participle peopling, simple past and past participle peopled)

1. (transitive) To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

   "He would not be alone, who all things can; / But peopled heaven with angels, earth with man." — Dryden

2. (intransitive) To become populous or populated.
3. (transitive) To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

   "As thick and numberless / As the gay motes that people the sunbeams." — Milton

[edit] Derived terms

• peopler

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• people in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] French

[edit] Alternative spellings

• pipole

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pi.pɔl/

[edit] Etymology

From English people.

[edit] Noun

people m. (plural peoples)

1. (countable) A celebrity, a famous person.
   • 2004, Emmanuel Davidenkoff and Didier Hassoux, Luc Ferry: une comédie du pouvoir, 2002–2004 (Luc Ferry: A Comedy of Power, 2002–2004), Hachette, ISBN 9782012357785,

     Le novice en politique contre le mammouth « Éducation nationale ». Ça mérite la sympathie. Et puis c’est un people. Les gens aiment et détestent à la fois. Ils sont fascinés. Le bonheur sur papier glacé. Les vacances entre Saint-Trop’, la Martinique et Deauville.

     The political novice against the mammoth "National Education". That merited sympathy. Then, too, he was a celebrity. People loved and hated at the same time. They were fascinated. Happiness on ice paper. Vacations between Saint-Tropez, Martinique, and Deauville.

   • 2008, Martine Delvaux, "L’égoïsme romantique de Frédéric Beigbeder" ("Frédéric Beigbeder's L’égoïsme romantique (Romantic Egotism)"), in Alain-Philippe Durand (editor), Frédéric Beigbeder et ses doubles (Frédéric Beigbeder and His Doubles), Rodopi, ISBN 978-90-420-2472-4, page 95:

     Oscar Dufresne est un people anti-people, un macho impuissant, un intellectuel qui ne dit rien d’intelligent, un faux sadique et un faux masochiste, un anti-autobiographe.

     Oscar Dufresne is a celebrity who is anti-celebrity, a powerless macho man, an intellectual who says nothing intelligent, a fake sadist and a fake masochist, an anti-autobiographer.

[edit] Usage notes

• The French noun people is frequently italicized as a loanword, as in the quotations above.

[edit] Synonyms

• (a celebrity): célébrité, personne connue, personnalité, personnage public

[edit] Derived terms

• pipolisation