bas peuple

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba pœpl/, /bɑ pœpl/

Noun

bas peuple m (uncountable)

1. (often derogatory) the little people, the populace, the plebs, the great unwashed, the unwashed masses, the lower orders, the masses, hoi polloi (the lower class)

   Synonyms: plèbe, populace, prolétariat, vulgum pecus, petites gens, gens de peu

Usage notes

Always used with the definite article le.