bourgeoisie
/ˌbʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑːˈziː/
bourgeoisie noun: a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
Noun
bourgeoisie (usually uncountable, plural bourgeoisies)
- A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
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- The capitalist class.
- The Pharisees of the bourgeoisie love the saying: de mortuis aut bene aut nihil (speak none ill of the dead). The proletariat needs the truth both about living politicians and about the dead for those who truly merit the name of politician do not die for politics when their physical demise comes.1989 July 6 [1988 October], Dmitriy Volkogonov, “Triumph and Tragedy: A Portrait of I.V. Stalin”, in JPRS Report: Soviet Union, number 043, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Moscow...
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourgeoisie.
bourgeoisie meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
bourgeoisie in Hindi
- class
- बुर्जुआ burjuā
bourgeoisie in Marathi
- बुर्जुवा वर्ग, बुर्जुआ वर्ग
bourgeoisie in Urdu
- class
- بُرْجُوا burjuā, بُورْژُوازی būrźuāzī
bourgeoisie in Bengali
- class
- বুর্জোয়াশ্রেণী burjōẇasreni, বুর্জোয়া burjōẇa
More languagesFewer languages
- bourgeoisie in Telugu
- బూర్జువా వర్గం, బూర్జువా వర్గము, బూర్జువా వర్గాలు
- bourgeoisie in Malayalam
- ബൂർഷ്വാസി būṟṣvāsi
- bourgeoisie in Punjabi
- ਬੁਰਜੂਆਜ਼ੀ, ਬੁਰਜੂਆ ਵਰਗ, ਬੁਰਜੂਆਜ਼਼ੀ
- bourgeoisie in Gujarati
- બુર્જુઆ, બુર્જુઆવર્ગ
- bourgeoisie in Odia
- ବୁର୍ଜୁଆ burjuā
- bourgeoisie in Nepali
- बुर्जुवा वर्ग, बुर्जुवा, बुर्जुआ वर्ग
- bourgeoisie in Pashto
- بورژوازي boržwāzi
- bourgeoisie in Tagalog
- arian, burgesya
- bourgeoisie in Arabic
- بُرْجُوَازِيَّة burjuwāziyya
- bourgeoisie in Malay
- borjuis
- bourgeoisie in Indonesian
- borjuis
- bourgeoisie in Thai
- กระฎุมพี grà-dum-pii
- bourgeoisie in Vietnamese
- giai cấp tư sản
- bourgeoisie in Myanmar
- ဘူဇွာ bhujwa
Examples of bourgeoisie in a sentence
- This new numerical input in the powerstructure changed the position of the bourgeoisie elite.
- The bourgeoisie was interested in the Europeanization of Russia and the replacement of absolutism by liberal institutions.
- Their flowers, Fenner said, colour of the blood of the bourgeoisie.
Forms of bourgeoisie
| plural | bourgeoisies |
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Origin of bourgeoisie
Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeoisie, from bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from bourgeois, “burghers”, i.e., townspeople.
Words formed from bourgeoisie
Questions about bourgeoisie
- What does bourgeoisie mean?
- Bourgeoisie means a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
- What is bourgeoisie in Hindi?
- Bourgeoisie in Hindi is बुर्जुआ (burjuā). See Bourgeoisie meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bourgeoisie?
- Bourgeoisie is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bourgeoisie?
- Bourgeoisie is pronounced /ˌbʊə(ɹ)ʒwɑːˈziː/.
- What is the plural of bourgeoisie?
- The plural of bourgeoisie is bourgeoisies.
Words near bourgeoisie in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bourgeoisie (page history and authors); bourgeoisie (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bourgeoisie (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ബൂർഷ്വാസി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); bourgeoisie (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bourgeoisie (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bourgeoisie (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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