burgès

Catalan

Alternative forms

• burgés (Valencia)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin burgēnsis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [burˈʒɛs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [burˈʒəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [buɾˈd͡ʒes]

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• Rhymes: -ɛs

Adjective

burgès (feminine burgesa, masculine plural burgesos, feminine plural burgeses)

1. bourgeois
2. well-off, comfortable

   Synonym: acomodat

Noun

burgès m (plural burgesos, feminine burgesa, feminine plural burgeses)

1. a bourgeois, a member of the bourgeoisie
2. (historical) burgher, burgess

Related terms

• burg
• burgesia

Further reading

• “burgès”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “burgès”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “burgès” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “burgès” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.