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proletarian

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
  • General-American: /ˌpɹoʊ.lɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛəɹiən
  • CMU ARPABET: P R OW2 L AH0 T EH1 R IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the proletariat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of the proletariat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a member of the working class (not necessarily employed)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • workers of the world--unite!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prole, worker

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commoner, common man, common person

Narrower terms: dogsbody

History

Etymology

From Latin proletarius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”), from proles (“offspring, posterity”).

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بْرُولِيتَارِيّ (broletāriyy) — relating to proletariat
  • Belarusian: пралета́рскі (praljetárski) — relating to proletariat
  • Bulgarian: пролета́рски (proletárski) — relating to proletariat
  • Catalan: proletari — relating to proletariat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無產階級的 /无产阶级的 (wúchǎnjiējí de) — relating to proletariat
  • Czech: proletářský — relating to proletariat
  • Esperanto: proletara — relating to proletariat
  • Finnish: proletaarinen — relating to proletariat
  • French: prolétaire — relating to proletariat
  • French: prolétarien — relating to proletariat
  • Galician: proletario — relating to proletariat
  • German: proletarisch — relating to proletariat
  • Greek: προλεταριακός (proletariakós) — relating to proletariat
  • Hungarian: proletár — relating to proletariat
  • Ingrian: proletarskoi — relating to proletariat
  • Italian: proletario — relating to proletariat
  • Macedonian: пролете́рски (proletérski) — relating to proletariat
  • Polish: proletariacki — relating to proletariat
  • Portuguese: proletário — relating to proletariat
  • Russian: пролета́рский (proletárskij) — relating to proletariat
  • Serbo-Croatian: пролѐте̄рскӣ — relating to proletariat
  • Serbo-Croatian: prolètērskī — relating to proletariat
  • Slovak: proletársky — relating to proletariat
  • Slovene: proletarski — relating to proletariat
  • Spanish: proletario — relating to proletariat
  • Swedish: proletärisk — relating to proletariat
  • Swedish: proletär — relating to proletariat
  • Ukrainian: пролета́рський (proletársʹkyj) — relating to proletariat
  • Albanian: proletar — member of the proletariat
  • Arabic: بْرُولِيتَارِيّ (broletāriyy) — member of the proletariat
  • Arabic: بْرُولِيتَارِيَّة (broletāriyya) — member of the proletariat
  • Armenian: պրոլետար (proletar) — member of the proletariat
  • Azerbaijani: proletar — member of the proletariat
  • Belarusian: пралета́р (praljetár) — member of the proletariat
  • Belarusian: пралета́рый (praljetáryj) — member of the proletariat
  • Belarusian: пралета́рка (praljetárka) — member of the proletariat
  • Bulgarian: пролета́рий (proletárij) — member of the proletariat
  • Bulgarian: пролета́рка (proletárka) — member of the proletariat
  • Catalan: proletari — member of the proletariat
  • Catalan: proletària — member of the proletariat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 無產者 /无产者 (mou4 caan2 ze2) — member of the proletariat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無產者 /无产者 (wúchǎnzhě) — member of the proletariat
  • Czech: proletář — member of the proletariat
  • Czech: proletářka — member of the proletariat
  • Danish: proletar — member of the proletariat
  • Dutch: proletariër — member of the proletariat
  • Esperanto: proletaro — member of the proletariat
  • Estonian: proletaarlane — member of the proletariat
  • Finnish: proletaari — member of the proletariat
  • French: prolétaire — member of the proletariat
  • French: prolo — member of the proletariat
  • Galician: proletario — member of the proletariat
  • Galician: proletaria — member of the proletariat
  • Georgian: პროლეტარი (ṗroleṭari) — member of the proletariat
  • German: Proletarier — member of the proletariat
  • German: Proletarierin — member of the proletariat
  • Greek: προλετάριος (proletários) — member of the proletariat
  • Hebrew: פְּרוֹלֶטַרְיוֹן (proletáryon) — member of the proletariat
  • Hungarian: proletár — member of the proletariat
  • Indonesian: proletar — member of the proletariat
  • Italian: proletario — member of the proletariat
  • Italian: proletaria — member of the proletariat
  • Japanese: プロレタリア (puroretaria) — member of the proletariat
  • Kazakh: пролетар (proletar) — member of the proletariat
  • Korean: 프롤레타리아 (peurolletaria) — member of the proletariat
  • Kyrgyz: пролетар (proletar) — member of the proletariat
  • Kyrgyz: пролетарий (proletariy) — member of the proletariat
  • Latvian: proletārietis — member of the proletariat
  • Lithuanian: proletaras — member of the proletariat
  • Macedonian: пролете́р (proletér) — member of the proletariat
  • Macedonian: пролете́рка (proletérka) — member of the proletariat
  • Malay: proletarian — member of the proletariat
  • Malay: proletariat — member of the proletariat
  • Malay: murba — member of the proletariat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: proletar — member of the proletariat
  • Polish: proletariusz — member of the proletariat
  • Polish: proletariuszka — member of the proletariat
  • Portuguese: proletário — member of the proletariat
  • Portuguese: proletária — member of the proletariat
  • Romanian: proletar — member of the proletariat
  • Romanian: proletară — member of the proletariat
  • Russian: пролета́рий (proletárij) — member of the proletariat
  • Russian: пролета́рка (proletárka) — member of the proletariat
  • Serbo-Croatian: пролѐте̄р — member of the proletariat
  • Serbo-Croatian: prolètēr — member of the proletariat
  • Slovak: proletár — member of the proletariat
  • Slovak: proletárka — member of the proletariat
  • Slovene: proletarec — member of the proletariat
  • Slovene: proletarka — member of the proletariat
  • Spanish: proletario — member of the proletariat
  • Spanish: proletaria — member of the proletariat
  • Swedish: proletär — member of the proletariat
  • Tajik: пролетар (proletar) — member of the proletariat
  • Tamil: பாட்டாளிகள் (pāṭṭāḷikaḷ) — member of the proletariat
  • Tatar: пролетар (proletar) — member of the proletariat
  • Thai: กรรมาชีพ (gam-maa-chîip) — member of the proletariat
  • Turkish: proleter — member of the proletariat
  • Turkmen: proletar — member of the proletariat
  • Ukrainian: пролета́р (proletár) — member of the proletariat
  • Ukrainian: пролета́рка (proletárka) — member of the proletariat
  • Uzbek: proletar — member of the proletariat
  • Vietnamese: vô sản — member of the proletariat
  • Vietnamese: người vô sản — member of the proletariat
  • Yiddish: פּראָלעטאַריער (proletaryer) — member of the proletariat