noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being vulgar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vulgarity
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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US: /vʌlˈɡɜɹɪti/
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noun
Meaning 2
An offensive or obscene act or expression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A vulgar or obscene word
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, specifically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: swear word, curse word, profanity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of lacking taste and refinement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coarseness, commonness, grossness, vulgarism, raunch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inelegance
History
Etymology
From vulgar + -ity, from Latin vulgaritas.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: вулгарност (vulgarnost) — quality of being vulgar
- Bulgarian: простащина (prostaština) — quality of being vulgar
- Catalan: vulgaritat — quality of being vulgar
- Czech: vulgárnost — quality of being vulgar
- Czech: vulgarita — quality of being vulgar
- French: vulgarité — quality of being vulgar
- Galician: vulgaridade — quality of being vulgar
- Georgian: ვულგარულობა (vulgaruloba) — quality of being vulgar
- Georgian: უხამსობა (uxamsoba) — quality of being vulgar
- German: Vulgarität — quality of being vulgar
- Ancient Greek: βαναυσία (banausía) — quality of being vulgar
- Portuguese: vulgaridade — quality of being vulgar
- Russian: вульга́рность (vulʹgárnostʹ) — quality of being vulgar
- Russian: по́шлость (póšlostʹ) — quality of being vulgar
- Scottish Gaelic: gràisgealachd — quality of being vulgar
- Serbo-Croatian: prostaštvo — quality of being vulgar
- Serbo-Croatian: prostota — quality of being vulgar
- Slovak: vulgárnosť — quality of being vulgar
- Spanish: vulgaridad — quality of being vulgar
- Ukrainian: вульга́рність (vulʹhárnistʹ) — quality of being vulgar
- Catalan: vulgaritat — offensive or obscene act
- French: grossièreté — offensive or obscene act
- Galician: vulgaridade — offensive or obscene act
- Georgian: უხამსობა (uxamsoba) — offensive or obscene act
- Portuguese: vulgaridade — offensive or obscene act
- Russian: по́шлость (póšlostʹ) — offensive or obscene act
- Serbo-Croatian: просташтво — offensive or obscene act
- Serbo-Croatian: простота — offensive or obscene act
- Serbo-Croatian: prostaštvo — offensive or obscene act
- Serbo-Croatian: prostota — offensive or obscene act
- Slovak: vulgárnosť — offensive or obscene act
- Spanish: vulgaridad — offensive or obscene act
- Malay: makian — profanity or obscene words
- Malay: kata makian — profanity or obscene words