bourgeoisie

See also: Bourgeoisie

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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

• IPA^(key): /ˌbʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑːˈziː/

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

bourgeoisie (countable and uncountable, plural bourgeoisies)

1. (historical) A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
2. (Marxism) The capitalist class.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bourgie
• haute bourgeoisie

• national bourgeoisie, comprador bourgeoisie
• petite bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie

Translations

class

• Arabic: بُرْجُوَازِيَّة f (burjuwāziyya)
• Armenian: բուրժուազիա (hy) (buržuazia)
• Basque: burgesia
• Catalan: burgesia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 資產階級／资产阶级 (zh) (zīchǎn jiējí), 资产阶级 (zh) (zīchǎn jiējí), 布爾喬亞／布尔乔亚 (zh) (bù'ěrqiáoyà), 布尔乔亚 (zh) (bù'ěrqiáoyà), 中產階級／中产阶级 (zh) (zhōngchǎn jiējí), 中产阶级 (zh) (zhōngchǎn jiējí)

• Czech: buržoazie f
• Dutch: bourgeoisie (nl) f, gegoede burgerij f, burgerklasse f
• Esperanto: burĝaro
• Finnish: porvaristo (fi)
• French: bourgeoisie (fr) f
• German: Bürgertum (de), Bourgeoisie (de) f
• Hebrew: בורגנות (he) f (burganut)
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• Irish: meánaicme f
• Italian: borghesia (it) f
• Japanese: 中産階級 (chūsan kaikyū), ブルジョワジー (burujowajī)
• Macedonian: буржуазија f (buržuazija)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: burżuazja (pl) f, mieszczaństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: burguesia (pt) f
• Romanian: burghezie (ro)
• Russian: буржуази́я (ru) f (buržuazíja), меща́нство (ru) n (meščánstvo) (older translation, less political connotation)
• Serbo-Croatian: buržoazija (sh) f
• Slovene: buržoazija f, meščanstvo n
• Spanish: burguesía (es) f
• Tagalog: arian

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bourgeoisie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbur.ʒʋaːˈzi/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bour‧geoi‧sie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

bourgeoisie f (plural bourgeoisieën)

1. bourgeoisie

   Synonyms: burgerklasse, gegoede burgerij

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French

Etymology

From Old French bourgesie, borgoisie (“citizenship”), equivalent to bourgeois +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʁ.ʒwa.zi/

• Audio:

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Noun

bourgeoisie f (plural bourgeoisies)

1. bourgeoisie

Descendants

• → Arabic: برجوازية (burjuwāziyya)
• → Chinese: 布爾喬亞／布尔乔亚 (bù'ěrqiáoyà, bù'ěrqiáoyǎ)
• → Czech: buržoazie
• → English: bourgeoisie
• → Dutch: bourgeoisie
• → German: Bourgeoisie
• → Macedonian: буржуазија (buržuazija)
• → Polish: burżuazja
• → Romanian: burghezie
• → Russian: буржуазия (buržuazija)
  • → Armenian: բուրժուազիա (buržuazia)
  • → Azerbaijani: burjuaziya
  • → Georgian: ბურჟუაზია (buržuazia)
  • → Kazakh: буржуазия (burjuaziä)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: буржоазија

  Latin script: buržoazija

• → Slovene: buržoazija

Further reading

• “bourgeoisie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.