snob
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray, Book of Snobs, 1848
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[edit] Noun
snob (plural snobs)
- (disapproving, informal) A person who seeks to be, or is, a member of the upper classes and looks down on lower classes, such as the middle class and the poor. More generally, an egotistical person who often thinks of people as inferior, particularly anyone not being within their clique or class.
- You really are a little snob, aren’t you?
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person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Noun
snob m, f (plural: snobs, diminutive: snobje)
- snob
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[edit] French
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From English snob
[edit] Adjective
snob m. (f. snobe, m. plural snobs, f. plural snobes)
- snobbish, snobby
- J'suis snob… J'suis snob
J'suis ravagé par ce microbe
J'ai des accidents en Jaguar
Je passe le mois d’août au plumard
C'est dans les p'tits détails comme ça
Que l’on est snob ou pas
J'suis snob… Encor plus snob que tout à l’heure
Et quand je serai mort
J'veux un suaire de chez Dior ! (Boris Vian, J'suis snob, 1954)
- J'suis snob… J'suis snob
[edit] Noun
snob m. (plural snobs)
- snob
- C’est un snob.
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English
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snob m. inv.
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snob inv.
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
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From English snob.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /snôb/
[edit] Noun
snȍb m. (Cyrillic spelling сно̏б)
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declension of snob
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | snȍb | snòbovi |
| genitive | snoba | snobova |
| dative | snobu | snobovima |
| accusative | snoba | snobove |
| vocative | snobe | snobovi |
| locative | snobu | snobovima |
| instrumental | snobom | snobovima |
[edit] Slovak
[edit] Noun
- snob m., (plural: snobi)
- snob stem
- snoba gen sg
- declension pattern chlap
- snob
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