What does bourgeois mean?
Definitions for bourgeois
bʊərˈʒwɑ, ˈbʊər ʒwɑbour·geois
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word bourgeois.
Princeton's WordNet
businessperson, bourgeoisnoun
a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
bourgeois, burgheradjective
a member of the middle class
bourgeoisadjective
(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
bourgeois, conservative, materialisticadjective
conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
"a bourgeois mentality"
bourgeoisadjective
belonging to the middle class
Wiktionary
bourgeoisnoun
The middle class.
Etymology: Borrowed from bourgeois, from burgeis, from borjois, from borc, from burgz, from bʰrgʰ-. The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish * or Late Latin *, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
bourgeoisnoun
An individual member of the middle class.
Etymology: Borrowed from bourgeois, from burgeis, from borjois, from borc, from burgz, from bʰrgʰ-. The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish * or Late Latin *, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
bourgeoisnoun
A person with bourgeois values and attitudes.
Etymology: Borrowed from bourgeois, from burgeis, from borjois, from borc, from burgz, from bʰrgʰ-. The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish * or Late Latin *, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
bourgeoisnoun
An individual member of the bourgeoisie, one of the three estates.
Etymology: Borrowed from bourgeois, from burgeis, from borjois, from borc, from burgz, from bʰrgʰ-. The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish * or Late Latin *, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
bourgeoisnoun
Anyone deemed to be an exploiter of the proletariat, a capitalist.
Etymology: Borrowed from bourgeois, from burgeis, from borjois, from borc, from burgz, from bʰrgʰ-. The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish * or Late Latin *, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
bourgeoisadjective
Of or relating to the middle class, especially its attitudes and conventions.
Etymology: Borrowed from bourgeois, from burgeis, from borjois, from borc, from burgz, from bʰrgʰ-. The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish * or Late Latin *, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
bourgeoisadjective
Belonging to the middle class.
Etymology: Borrowed from bourgeois, from burgeis, from borjois, from borc, from burgz, from bʰrgʰ-. The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish * or Late Latin *, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
bourgeoisadjective
Conventional, conservative and materialistic.
bourgeois opinion
Etymology: Borrowed from bourgeois, from burgeis, from borjois, from borc, from burgz, from bʰrgʰ-. The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish * or Late Latin *, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
bourgeoisadjective
Of or relating to capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
Etymology: Borrowed from bourgeois, from burgeis, from borjois, from borc, from burgz, from bʰrgʰ-. The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear. Perhaps via Frankish * or Late Latin *, or possibly both. See also the related word burgess.
Webster Dictionary
Bourgeoisnoun
a size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type
Bourgeoisnoun
a man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class
Bourgeoisadjective
characteristic of the middle class, as in France
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bourgeois
bur-jois′, n. a kind of printing type, larger than brevier and smaller than longprimer. [Fr.—perh. from the name of the typefounder.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bourgeois in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bourgeois in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of bourgeois in a Sentence
I do not think that Donald Trump is a fascist, a racist, or any kind of epithets that are being thrown at him, i think he’s a bourgeois politician that many working people voted for based on hope and change—the same people who voted for Barack Obama elected Donald Trump.
This means that a people cannot be made “national” according to the signification attached to that word by our bourgeois class today - that is to say, nationalism with many reservations- but national in the vehement and extreme sense.
I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Mtro.
Women need to be ready to defend themselves ... in a world that is not that sweet, it's not the bourgeois cocktail hat, the ladylike hat, this is another kind of hat, I wouldn't say aggressive, but more protective.
As for America, it is the ideal fruit of all your youthful hopes and reforms. Everybody is fairly decent, respectable, domestic, bourgeois, middle-class, and tiresome. There is absolutely nothing to revile except that it's a bore.
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- burgèsCatalan, Valencian
- bourgeois, spießigGerman
- burĝaro, burĝoEsperanto
- burguésSpanish
- burgesBasque
- بورژوازیPersian
- porvari, poroporvarillinen, keskiluokka, keskiluokkainen, poroporvari, porvarillinenFinnish
- bourgeoisFrench
- orang borjuis, borjuis, kelas menengahIndonesian
- borgheseItalian
- בורגניHebrew
- burguesa, burguêsPortuguese
- буржуа́, обыва́тель, буржуази́я, обыва́тельский, капиталисти́ческий, буржуа́зный, капитали́стRussian
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