prolétariat

See also: proletariat, Proletariat, and proletariát

French

Etymology

From prolétaire +‎ -at, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”)

Noun

prolétariat m (plural prolétariats)

1. proletariat

Related terms

• prolétarien

Further reading

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