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Those members of the public who have no special role in a particular area, such as an airport, hospital or railway station; there will typically be restrictions on their access.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Members of the public not in the attentive public of any given issue; laypeople.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَامَّة اَلنَّاس
(ʕāmmat an-nās)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Chinese Mandarin:
公眾 /公众
(gōngzhòng)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Chinese Mandarin:
大眾 /大众
(dàzhòng)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Chinese Mandarin:
群眾 /群众
(qúnzhòng)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Danish:
almenhed
— members of the public who have no special role
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Danish:
offentlighed
— members of the public who have no special role
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Finnish:
suuri yleisö
— members of the public who have no special role
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French:
grand public
— members of the public who have no special role
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Galician:
público en xeral
— members of the public who have no special role
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German:
Allgemeinheit
— members of the public who have no special role
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Italian:
pubblico generale
— members of the public who have no special role
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Japanese:
大衆
(taishū)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Japanese:
一般の人々
(ippan-no hitobito)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Māori:
iwi whānui
— members of the public who have no special role
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Norwegian Bokmål:
allmennhet
— members of the public who have no special role
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
allmente
— members of the public who have no special role
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ålmente
— members of the public who have no special role
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Polish:
społeczeństwo
— members of the public who have no special role
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Russian:
обще́ственность
(obščéstvennostʹ)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Russian:
ма́ссы
(mássy)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Russian:
широ́кая пу́блика
(širókaja públika)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Spanish:
gran público
— members of the public who have no special role
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Swedish:
folkdjup
— members of the public who have no special role
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Tamil:
பொதுமக்கள்
(potumakkaḷ)
— members of the public who have no special role
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Vietnamese:
công chúng
— members of the public who have no special role
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Vietnamese:
xã hội
— members of the public who have no special role
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Chinese Mandarin:
外行
(wàiháng)
— laypeople
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Finnish:
suuri yleisö
— laypeople
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Japanese:
素人
(shirōto)
— laypeople
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Japanese:
門外漢
(mongaikan)
— laypeople
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Russian:
миря́не
(mirjáne)
— laypeople
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Russian:
дилета́нты
(diletánty)
— laypeople
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Spanish:
profanos
— laypeople
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Spanish:
legos
— laypeople
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Tamil:
பொதுமக்கள்
(potumakkaḷ)
— laypeople