bourgeois

(bʊr-zhwä', bʊr'zhwä')
n., pl., bourgeois.

1. A person belonging to the middle class.
2. A person whose attitudes and behavior are marked by conformity to the standards and conventions of the middle class.
3. In Marxist theory, a member of the property-owning class; a capitalist.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or typical of the middle class.
2. Held to be preoccupied with respectability and material values.

[French, from Old French burgeis, citizen of a town, from bourg, bourg. See bourg.]

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adj

Definition: commonplace
Antonyms: adventurous, imaginative, inspired, nonconforming, original, untraditional

IN BRIEF: A person of the middle class of society.

She thought of herself as a bourgeois.

Tutor's tip: A "bourgeois" is a male of the middle class, a "bourgeoise" is a female of the middle class, and the "bourgeoisie" is the middle class. The "booboisie" is a class composed of fools and oafs.

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For a list of words related to bourgeois, see:

• Ordinary, Dull, Plain, or Banal

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - småborgerlig-, middelklasse-
n. - spidsborger, borgerlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
burgerlijk, bourgeois, onverdraagzaam

Français (French)
adj. - de bourgeois, de classe moyenne
n. - bourgeois, classe moyenne

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bürgerlich, spießbürgerlich, bourgeois
n. - Bürger, Spießbürger, Bourgeois

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αστός, μπουρζουάς
adj. - αστικός, μπουρζουάδικος

Italiano (Italian)
borghese

idioms:

• petit bourgeois    piccolo borghese

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - burguês (m)

idioms:

• petit bourgeois    pequeno negociante (m) da classe média, pequeno burguês (m)

Русский (Russian)
буржуазный

idioms:

• petit bourgeois    мелкий буржуа

Español (Spanish)
adj. - burgués, de la clase media
n. - burgués

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - medelklassare, kälkborgare, Svensson
adj. - (små-)borgerlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
中产阶级的, 中产阶级, 资产阶级

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 中產階級的
n. - 中產階級, 資產階級

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부르주와의, 속된
n. - 중산 계급의 사람, 자본가, 상공업자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 中産階級の人, 有産階級の人, 俗物
adj. - 中産階級の, 有産階級の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) من الطبقه الوسطى (صفه) برجوازي, ما يخص الطبقه الوسطى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רכושני, בורגני‬
n. - ‮בורגני, בן המעמד הבינוני‬

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