bourgeoisie
French
noun
Definitions
- bourgeoisie
Etymology
Inherited from Old French bourgesie suf from French bourgeois (a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate).
Origin
French
bourgeois
Gloss
a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bourgeois English
- bourgeoisie English
- comprador bourgeoisie English
- narcobourgeoisie English
- burgensis Latin
- Bourgeoisie German
- bourgeois German
- bourgeois Dutch, Flemish
- bourgeoisie Dutch, Flemish
- bourg French
- bourgeois French
- буржуа Russian
- буржуази́я Russian
- буржуазия Russian
- буржуазный Russian
- буржуй Russian
- borgare Swedish
- ブルジョア Japanese
- ブルジョワジー Japanese
- burżuazja Polish
- burgeisie Middle English
- buržoa Czech
- buržoazie Czech
- برجوازي Arabic
- borgeis Old French
- bourgesie Old French
- burgeis Old French
- burgesia Catalan, Valencian
- բուրժուազիա Armenian
- буржуазия Kazakh