vulgar
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Middle English, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥k- (compare Welsh gwala (“plenty, sufficiency”), Ancient Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”) εἰλέω (eiléō, “to compress”), Old Church Slavonic великъ (velikŭ, “great”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vulgar (comparative vulgarer or more vulgar, superlative vulgarest or most vulgar)
- Debased, uncouth, distasteful, obscene.
- 1551, James A.H. Murray, editor, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society.[1], volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1888, Part 1, page 217:
- Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
- The construction worker made a vulgar suggestion to the girls walking down the street.
- (classical sense) Having to do with ordinary, common people.
- Bishop Fell
- It might be more useful to the English reader […] to write in our vulgar language.
- Bancroft
- The mechanical process of multiplying books had brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue within the reach of every class.
- 1860, G. Syffarth, "A Remarkable Seal in Dr. Abbott's Museum at New York", Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, age 265
- Further, the same sacred name in other monuments precedes the vulgar name of King Takellothis, the sixth of the XXII. Dyn., as we have seen.
- Bishop Fell
SynonymsEdit
- (obscene): inappropriate, obscene, debased, uncouth, offensive, ignoble, mean, profane
- (ordinary): common, ordinary, popular
Derived termsEdit
- (obscene): vulgarity, vulgarian
- (ordinary): vulgar fraction, vulgate, Vulgate
- vulgar fraction
TranslationsEdit
obscene
having to do with common people
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NounEdit
vulgar (plural vulgars)
- (classicism) A common, ordinary person.
- 2016, Evan Gottlieb, Juliet Shields, Representing Place in British Literature and Culture, 1660-1830
- Popular antiquarian writings […] frequently focused on the regional vulgars' superstitious beliefs regarding the dead and their ongoing presence—such as popular funeral rites or the vulgars' fear of church yards.
- 2016, Evan Gottlieb, Juliet Shields, Representing Place in British Literature and Culture, 1660-1830
CatalanEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vulgar (masculine and feminine plural vulgars)
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Further readingEdit
- “vulgar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vulgar m, f (plural vulgares)
- common to the people, vulgar
- ordinary, undistinguished
- popular, commonly understood, as opposed to scientific or technical
- simple, unintelligent
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
- (popular): científico, técnico
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “vulgar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vulgar (plural vulgares, comparable)
- common to the people, vulgar
- ordinary, undistinguished
- popular, commonly understood, as opposed to scientific or technical
- simple, unintelligent
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
- (popular): científico, técnico
Related termsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French vulgaire, Latin vulgaris.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
vulgar m, n (feminine singular vulgară, masculine plural vulgari, feminine and neuter plural vulgare)
DeclensionEdit
declension of vulgar
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | vulgar | vulgară | vulgari | vulgare | ||
definite | vulgarul | vulgara | vulgarii | vulgarele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | vulgar | vulgare | vulgari | vulgare | ||
definite | vulgarului | vulgarei | vulgarilor | vulgarelor |