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A social and economic class lying above the working class and below the upper class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: middling class, middling sort
Antonyms: none provided
The groups in society composed of professionals, semi-professionals, and lower to middle managerial level workers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the social class between the lower and upper classes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bourgeoisie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class
Narrower terms: petit bourgeois, petite bourgeoisie, petty bourgeoisie
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
middelklas
— social and economic class
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Arabic:
طَبَقَة وُسْطَى
(ṭabaqa wusṭā)
— social and economic class
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Arabic:
طبقة متوسطة
(ṭabaʔa mitwassṭa)
— social and economic class
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Armenian:
միջին խավ
(miǰin xav)
— social and economic class
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Belarusian:
сярэ́дні клас
(sjarédni klas)
— social and economic class
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Bulgarian:
сре́дна кла́са
(srédna klása)
— social and economic class
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Chinese Mandarin:
中產階級 /中产阶级
(zhōngchǎn jiējí)
— social and economic class
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Czech:
střední třída
— social and economic class
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Danish:
middelklasse
— social and economic class
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Dutch:
middenklasse
— social and economic class
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Finnish:
keskiluokka
— social and economic class
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French:
classe moyenne
— social and economic class
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Galician:
clase media
— social and economic class
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Georgian:
საშუალო კლასი
(sašualo ḳlasi)
— social and economic class
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Georgian:
საშუალო ფენა
(sašualo pena)
— social and economic class
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German:
Mittelschicht
— social and economic class
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German:
Mittelklasse
— social and economic class
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Greek:
αστική τάξη
(astikí táxi)
— social and economic class
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Haitian Creole:
klas mwayèn
— social and economic class
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Hindi:
मध्यवर्ग
(madhyavarg)
— social and economic class
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Hungarian:
középosztály
— social and economic class
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Hungarian:
polgárság
— social and economic class
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Irish:
meánaicme
— social and economic class
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Japanese:
中産階級
(chūsan kaikyū)
— social and economic class
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Kazakh:
орта тап
(orta tap)
— social and economic class
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Khmer:
ថ្នាក់កណ្ដាល
(thnak kɑɑkɑndaal)
— social and economic class
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Korean:
중산층
(jungsancheung)
— social and economic class
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Macedonian:
средна класа
(sredna klasa)
— social and economic class
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Norwegian Bokmål:
middelklasse
— social and economic class
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
middelklasse
— social and economic class
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Persian:
طبقه متوسط
(tabaqe-ye motavasset)
— social and economic class
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Polish:
klasa średnia
— social and economic class
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Portuguese:
classe média
— social and economic class
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Romanian:
clasă de mijloc
— social and economic class
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Romanian:
clasă mijlocie
— social and economic class
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Romanian:
clasă medie
— social and economic class
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Russian:
сре́дний класс
(srédnij klass)
— social and economic class
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Serbo-Croatian:
средња класа
— social and economic class
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Serbo-Croatian:
srednja klasa
— social and economic class
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Slovak:
stredná trieda
— social and economic class
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Slovene:
srednji razred
— social and economic class
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Spanish:
clase media
— social and economic class
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Swahili:
tabaka la kati
— social and economic class
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Swedish:
medelklass
— social and economic class
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Tagalog:
panggitnang uri
— social and economic class
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Tagalog:
panggitnang na klase
— social and economic class
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Telugu:
మద్య తరగతి
(madya taragati)
— social and economic class
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Thai:
ชนชั้นกลาง
— social and economic class
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Turkish:
orta sınıf
— social and economic class
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Ukrainian:
сере́дній клас
(serédnij klas)
— social and economic class
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Welsh:
dosbarth canol
— social and economic class
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Yoruba:
kò-là-kò-ṣagbe
— social and economic class