burges

See also: Burges and burgès

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• borges, borjes, burzes

Etymology

From Medieval Latin burgēnsis. By surface analysis, burgo +‎ -es.

Cognate with Old French borgeis and Old Spanish burzés.

Noun

burges m (plural burgeses, feminine burgesa, feminine plural burges)

1. burgher (citizen of a borough or town)

Descendants

• Galician: burgués
• Portuguese: burguês (see there for further descendants)

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “burges”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “b@rges”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “burges”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “burguês”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• burgis

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰs?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *bʰérgʰs?

Proto-Germanic *burgz

Proto-West Germanic *burgbor.?

Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos)bor.?

Latin burgus

Latin -ēnsis

Latin burgēnsis

Spanish burguésbor.

Tagalog burges

Borrowed from Spanish burgués, from Latin burgēnsis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buɾˈɡes/ [bʊɾˈɡ̠ɛs]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: bur‧ges

Adjective

burgés (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜄᜒᜐ᜔)

1. bourgeois; of the middle class
2. (Marxism) bourgeois (of or relating to the capitalist class)
3. of high society

Noun

burgés (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜄᜒᜐ᜔)

1. bourgeois; middle class
2. (Marxism) bourgeois (capitalist)
3. person of high society

Related terms

• burgesya
• petiburges
• petiburgesya

Further reading

• “burges”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “burges”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018