bourgeois

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbʊəʒ.wɑː/
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• General-American: /bʊɹʒˈwɑː/
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• General-American: /ˈbʊɹʒ.wɑː/
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• General-American: /bʊʒˈwɑː/
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• General-American: /ˈbʊʒ.wɑː/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ʒwɑː
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• rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑː
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• rhymes with -ɑː
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• UK: /bəːˈdʒɔɪs/
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• US: /bəɹˈd͡ʒɔɪs/
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• US: bər-ʹjois
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• CMU ARPABET: B UH0 R ZH W AA1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B UH1 R ZH W AA0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.

From Middle English burjois, from French Bourgois, probably from Bourges (a city in France) + -ois (forming adjectives) but possibly from bourgeois above or after Jean de Bourgeois who worked as a printer in Rouen c. 1500.

189 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بُرْجُوَازِيّ (burjuwāziyy) — of or relating to the middle class
• Armenian: բուրժուական (buržuakan) — of or relating to the middle class
• Basque: burges — of or relating to the middle class
• Belarusian: буржуа́зны (buržuázny) — of or relating to the middle class
• Bulgarian: буржоа́зен (buržoázen) — of or relating to the middle class
• Catalan: burgès — of or relating to the middle class
• Chinese Mandarin: 有產階級 /有产阶级 (yǒuchǎn jiējí) — of or relating to the middle class
• Czech: buržoazní — of or relating to the middle class
• Danish: borgerlig — of or relating to the middle class
• Dutch: burgerlijk — of or relating to the middle class
• Finnish: porvarillinen — of or relating to the middle class
• Finnish: keskiluokkainen — of or relating to the middle class
• French: bourgeois — of or relating to the middle class
• German: bourgeois — of or relating to the middle class
• German: bürgerlich — of or relating to the middle class
• Greek: αστικός (astikós) — of or relating to the middle class
• Hebrew: בּוּרגָנִי — of or relating to the middle class
• Hungarian: középosztálybeli — of or relating to the middle class
• Indonesian: borjuis — of or relating to the middle class
• Indonesian: orang borjuis — of or relating to the middle class
• Indonesian: kelas menengah — of or relating to the middle class
• Irish: meánaicmeach — of or relating to the middle class
• Irish: buirgéiseach — of or relating to the middle class
• Italian: borghese — of or relating to the middle class
• Japanese: ブルジョア — of or relating to the middle class
• Japanese: ブルジョワ — of or relating to the middle class
• Kapampangan: burgis — of or relating to the middle class
• Kazakh: буржуазиялық (burjuaziälyq) — of or relating to the middle class
• Macedonian: буржоа́ски (buržoáski) — of or relating to the middle class
• Norwegian Bokmål: borgerlig — of or relating to the middle class
• Persian: بورژوایی (buržovâyi) — of or relating to the middle class
• Polish: burżuazyjny — of or relating to the middle class
• Portuguese: burguês — of or relating to the middle class
• Romanian: burghez — of or relating to the middle class
• Romanian: burjui — of or relating to the middle class
• Russian: буржуа́зный (buržuáznyj) — of or relating to the middle class
• Serbo-Croatian: буржујски — of or relating to the middle class
• Serbo-Croatian: буржоаски — of or relating to the middle class
• Serbo-Croatian: buržujski — of or relating to the middle class
• Serbo-Croatian: buržoaski — of or relating to the middle class
• Slovak: buržoázny — of or relating to the middle class
• Slovene: buržoazen — of or relating to the middle class
• Spanish: burgués — of or relating to the middle class
• Swedish: borgerlig — of or relating to the middle class
• Tagalog: arianin — of or relating to the middle class
• Tagalog: burgis — of or relating to the middle class
• Ukrainian: буржуа́зний (buržuáznyj) — of or relating to the middle class
• Arabic: بُرْجُوَازِيّ (burjuwāziyy) — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Catalan: burgès — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Danish: borgerlig — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Finnish: keskiluokkainen — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Finnish: poroporvarillinen — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• French: bourgeois — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• German: spießig — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• German: spießbürgerlich — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Hungarian: nyárspolgári — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Hungarian: nyárspolgárias — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Irish: buirgéiseach — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Russian: обыва́тельский (obyvátelʹskij) — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Spanish: burgués — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Spanish: aburguesado — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Swedish: borgerlig — conventional, conservative and materialistic
• Arabic: بُرْجُوَازِيّ (burjuwāziyy) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Armenian: բուրժուական (buržuakan) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Belarusian: буржуа́зны (buržuázny) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Bulgarian: буржоа́зен (buržoázen) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Catalan: burgès — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Czech: buržoazní — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Finnish: porvarillinen — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Greek: μπουρζουάδικος (bourzouádikos) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Greek: αστικός (astikós) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Hebrew: בּוּרגָנִי — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Hungarian: burzsoá — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Irish: buirgéiseach — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Kazakh: буржуазиялық (burjuaziälyq) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Macedonian: буржоа́ски (buržoáski) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Polish: burżuazyjny — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Portuguese: burguês — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Russian: буржуа́зный (buržuáznyj) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Serbo-Croatian: буржујски — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Serbo-Croatian: буржоаски — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Serbo-Croatian: buržujski — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Serbo-Croatian: buržoaski — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Slovak: buržoázny — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Slovene: buržoazen — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Ukrainian: буржуа́зний (buržuáznyj) — of or relating to capitalist exploitation
• Arabic: بُرْجُوَازِيَّة (burjuwāziyya) — the middle class
• Armenian: բուրժուազիա (buržuazia) — the middle class
• Basque: burges — the middle class
• Belarusian: буржуазі́я (buržuazíja) — the middle class
• Belarusian: мяшча́нства (mjaščánstva) — the middle class
• Bulgarian: буржоа́зия (buržoázija) — the middle class
• Chinese Mandarin: 中產階級 /中产阶级 (zhōngchǎn jiējí) — the middle class
• Czech: buržoazie — the middle class
• Esperanto: burĝaro — the middle class
• Finnish: keskiluokka — the middle class
• Indonesian: borjuis — the middle class
• Irish: meánaicme — the middle class
• Macedonian: буржоазија (buržoazija) — the middle class
• Polish: burżuazja — the middle class
• Russian: буржуази́я (buržuazíja) — the middle class
• Russian: меща́нство (meščánstvo) — the middle class
• Serbo-Croatian: буржоа́зија — the middle class
• Serbo-Croatian: buržoázija — the middle class
• Slovak: buržoázia — the middle class
• Slovene: buržoazija — the middle class
• Slovene: meščanstvo — the middle class
• Tagalog: burgis — the middle class
• Ukrainian: буржуазі́я (buržuazíja) — the middle class
• Ukrainian: міща́нство (miščánstvo) — the middle class
• Armenian: բուրժուա (buržua) — individual member of the middle class
• Azerbaijani: burjua — individual member of the middle class
• Belarusian: буржуа́ (buržuá) — individual member of the middle class
• Belarusian: буржу́й (buržúj) — individual member of the middle class
• Belarusian: мешчані́н (mješčanín) — individual member of the middle class
• Belarusian: мяшча́нка (mjaščánka) — individual member of the middle class
• Bulgarian: буржоа́ (buržoá) — individual member of the middle class
• Czech: měšťák — individual member of the middle class
• Czech: buržuj — individual member of the middle class
• Esperanto: burĝo — individual member of the middle class
• Finnish: porvari — individual member of the middle class
• French: bourgeois — individual member of the middle class
• French: bourgeoise — individual member of the middle class
• German: Bourgeois — individual member of the middle class
• Indonesian: borjuis — individual member of the middle class
• Irish: buirgéiseach — individual member of the middle class
• Italian: borghese — individual member of the middle class
• Macedonian: буржуј (buržuj) — individual member of the middle class
• Macedonian: буржујка (buržujka) — individual member of the middle class
• Persian: بورژوا (buržovâ) — individual member of the middle class
• Polish: burżuj — individual member of the middle class
• Polish: mieszczanin — individual member of the middle class
• Polish: mieszczanka — individual member of the middle class
• Portuguese: burguês — individual member of the middle class
• Portuguese: burguesa — individual member of the middle class
• Romanian: burghez — individual member of the middle class
• Russian: буржуа́ (buržuá) — individual member of the middle class
• Russian: буржу́й (buržúj) — individual member of the middle class
• Russian: мещани́н (meščanín) — individual member of the middle class
• Russian: меща́нка (meščánka) — individual member of the middle class
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̀ржӯј — individual member of the middle class
• Serbo-Croatian: bùržūj — individual member of the middle class
• Slovak: meštiak — individual member of the middle class
• Slovak: buržuj — individual member of the middle class
• Slovene: buržuj — individual member of the middle class
• Tagalog: burgis — individual member of the middle class
• Turkish: burjuva — individual member of the middle class
• Ukrainian: буржуа́ (buržuá) — individual member of the middle class
• Ukrainian: буржу́й (buržúj) — individual member of the middle class
• Ukrainian: міщани́н (miščanýn) — individual member of the middle class
• Ukrainian: міща́нка (miščánka) — individual member of the middle class
• Uzbek: burjua — individual member of the middle class
• Czech: měšťák — person with bourgeois values
• Finnish: porvari — person with bourgeois values
• Finnish: poroporvari — person with bourgeois values
• Indonesian: borjuis — person with bourgeois values
• Russian: обыва́тель (obyvátelʹ) — person with bourgeois values
• Russian: обыва́тельница (obyvátelʹnica) — person with bourgeois values
• Russian: мещани́н (meščanín) — person with bourgeois values
• Russian: меща́нка (meščánka) — person with bourgeois values
• Tagalog: burgis — person with bourgeois values
• Turkish: burjuva — person with bourgeois values
• Turkish: kentsoylu — person with bourgeois values
• Chinese Mandarin: 資產階級 /资产阶级 (zīchǎn jiējí) — member of the Third Estate
• Finnish: porvari — member of the Third Estate
• Indonesian: borjuis — member of the Third Estate
• Russian: буржуа́ (buržuá) — member of the Third Estate
• Tagalog: burgis — member of the Third Estate
• Czech: buržoa — exploitive capitalist
• Danish: burgøjser — exploitive capitalist
• Finnish: porvari — exploitive capitalist
• Finnish: lahtari — exploitive capitalist
• Greek: αστός (astós) — exploitive capitalist
• Greek: αστή (astí) — exploitive capitalist
• Greek: μπουρζουάς (bourzouás) — exploitive capitalist
• Indonesian: borjuis — exploitive capitalist
• Russian: буржуа́ (buržuá) — exploitive capitalist
• Russian: буржу́й (buržúj) — exploitive capitalist
• Tagalog: burgis — exploitive capitalist
• Chinese Mandarin: 小五 (xiǎowǔ) — 9-point type
• Dutch: borgis — 9-point type
• Dutch: burgeois — 9-point type
• Dutch: bourgeois — 9-point type
• French: petit-romain — 9-point type
• French: gaillarde — 9-point type
• German: Borgis — 9-point type
• German: Bourgeois — 9-point type
• Italian: gagliarda — 9-point type
• Spanish: breviario — 9-point type