"plebeian" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pliˈbiːən/, /plɛbˈiːən/ Audio: en-us-plebeian.ogg Forms: more plebeian [comparative], most plebeian [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːən Etymology: From Latin plēbēius (“a commoner; common”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix), from Latin plēbēs + -ius (adjective-forming suffix), possibly under the influence of Middle French plebeyen, plebein, plebien (“a commoner”) and plebeien (“concerning the common people”). Cf. Medieval Latin plēbēiānus (“a commoner”), from plēbēius + -ānus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|plēbēius||a commoner; common}} Latin plēbēius (“a commoner; common”), {{der|en|la|plebes|plēbēs}} Latin plēbēs, {{cog|frm|plebeyen}} Middle French plebeyen, {{cog|ML.|plēbēiānus||a commoner}} Medieval Latin plēbēiānus (“a commoner”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} plebeian (comparative more plebeian, superlative most plebeian)
  1. (historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome. Tags: historical Categories (place): Roman Empire
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  2. Of or concerning the common people. Translations (of or pertaining to the common people): պլեբեյական (plebeyakan) (Armenian), ռամկական (ṙamkakan) (Armenian), плебейски (plebejski) (Bulgarian), plebeu (Catalan), plebejský (Czech), plebejisch (Dutch), volks (Dutch), vulgair (Dutch), rahvaanomainen (Finnish), plébéien (French), plebejisch (German), plebeo [masculine] (Italian), 賎しい (iyashii) (Japanese), 下賎な (gesen na) (Japanese), 平民の (heimin no) (Japanese), 庶民の (shomin no) (Japanese), plebeius (Latin), marhaen (Malay), عامیانه ('âmiyâne) (Persian), عوامانه ('avâmâne) (Persian), plebejski (Polish), plebeu (Portuguese), плебе́йский (plebéjskij) (Russian), plebejský (Slovak), plebeyo (Spanish), barriobajero (Spanish), plebejisk (Swedish), плебе́йський (plebéjsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
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  3. Common, particularly (derogatory) vulgar, crude, coarse, uncultured.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: plebian, plebeyan, plebean, plebeane, plebien [obsolete], of [common, vulgar], pertaining to the common people [common, vulgar] Derived forms: plebeianize, plebeianly, plebeianness

Noun

IPA: /pliˈbiːən/, /plɛbˈiːən/ Audio: en-us-plebeian.ogg Forms: plebeians [plural]
Rhymes: -iːən Etymology: From Latin plēbēius (“a commoner; common”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix), from Latin plēbēs + -ius (adjective-forming suffix), possibly under the influence of Middle French plebeyen, plebein, plebien (“a commoner”) and plebeien (“concerning the common people”). Cf. Medieval Latin plēbēiānus (“a commoner”), from plēbēius + -ānus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|plēbēius||a commoner; common}} Latin plēbēius (“a commoner; common”), {{der|en|la|plebes|plēbēs}} Latin plēbēs, {{cog|frm|plebeyen}} Middle French plebeyen, {{cog|ML.|plēbēiānus||a commoner}} Medieval Latin plēbēiānus (“a commoner”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} plebeian (plural plebeians)
  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome. Tags: Ancient-Rome, historical Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, People Categories (place): Roman Empire Synonyms: commoner, pleb, plebe Translations (one of the common people of ancient Rome): πληβεῖος (plēbeîos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), պլեբեյ (plebey) (Armenian), плебе́й (pljebjéj) [masculine] (Belarusian), плебе́й (plebéj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), plebeu (Catalan), 平民 (píngmín) (Chinese Mandarin), 庶民 (shùmín) (Chinese Mandarin), plebej [masculine] (Czech), plebejec [masculine] (Czech), plebejer [common-gender] (Danish), plebejer [masculine] (Dutch), plebeiji (Finnish), plébéien [masculine] (French), Plebejer [masculine] (German), πληβείος (pliveíos) [masculine] (Greek), plebejus (Hungarian), plebeo [masculine] (Italian), 平民 (heimin) (alt: へいみん) (Japanese), 庶民 (shomin) (alt: しょみん) (Japanese), 下下 (shimojimo) (alt: しもじも) (Japanese), 평민 (pyeongmin) (alt: 平民) (Korean), 서민 (seomin) (alt: 庶民) (Korean), plēbēius [masculine] (Latin), плебеец (plebeec) [masculine] (Macedonian), kāraroraro (Maori), tautauhea (Maori), tautauwhea (Maori), plebejusz [masculine] (Polish), plebeu [masculine] (Portuguese), plebeu [masculine] (Romanian), плебе́й (plebéj) [masculine] (Russian), плебе́јац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), plebéjac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), plebejec [masculine] (Slovak), plebejec [masculine] (Slovene), plebeyo [masculine] (Spanish), plebej [common-gender] (Swedish), плебе́й (plebéj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A commoner, particularly (derogatory) a low, vulgar person. Categories (place): Roman Empire Synonyms: commoner, villain, peasant, nobody
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: plebian, plebeyan, plebean, plebeane, plebien [obsolete] Derived forms: pleb Related terms: plebe, plebs, plebeiance, plebeianism, plebeity, plebeiate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "word": "平民"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょみん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shomin",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "word": "庶民"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しもじも",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shimojimo",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "word": "下下"
    },
    {
      "alt": "平民",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pyeongmin",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "word": "평민"
    },
    {
      "alt": "庶民",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seomin",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "word": "서민"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plēbēius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "plebeec",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плебеец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "word": "kāraroraro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "word": "tautauhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "word": "tautauwhea"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebejusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plebéj",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плебе́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плебе́јац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebéjac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebejec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebejec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebeyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "plebej"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plebéj",
      "sense": "one of the common people of ancient Rome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плебе́й"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plebeian"
}

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of or pertaining to the common people”",
      "word": "noble"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of or pertaining to the common people”",
      "word": "aristocratic"
    }
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    "Rhymes:English/iːən/3 syllables",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "en:People",
    "en:Roman Empire"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "plebeianize"
    },
    {
      "word": "plebeianly"
    },
    {
      "word": "plebeianness"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "plēbēius",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a commoner; common"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin plēbēius (“a commoner; common”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "plebes",
        "4": "plēbēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin plēbēs",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frm",
        "2": "plebeyen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French plebeyen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ML.",
        "2": "plēbēiānus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "a commoner"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin plēbēiānus (“a commoner”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin plēbēius (“a commoner; common”) + -an (adjective-forming suffix), from Latin plēbēs + -ius (adjective-forming suffix), possibly under the influence of Middle French plebeyen, plebein, plebien (“a commoner”) and plebeien (“concerning the common people”). Cf. Medieval Latin plēbēiānus (“a commoner”), from plēbēius + -ānus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more plebeian",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most plebeian",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "plebeian (comparative more plebeian, superlative most plebeian)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure Beautified, Vol. I, Ch. iv, fol. 9 verso",
          "text": "To what purpose be the plebeian Magistrates ordeined?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plebs",
          "plebs"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "citizen",
          "citizen"
        ],
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "Rome",
          "Rome"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1602, William Watson, A Decacordon of Ten Quodlibeticall Questions, page 301:",
          "text": "...priuate person or plebian multitude...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or concerning the common people."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1615, Robert Armin, The Valiant Welshman, Vol. i, Ch. i, sig. B",
          "text": "For to plebeyan wits, it is as good,\nAs to be silent, as not vnderstood."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, Arthur Hamilton (lyrics and music), “Cry Me a River”:",
          "text": "[…] told me love was too plebeian / told me you were through with me",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 September 8, Andrew Cunningham, “The $10,000 golden Apple Watch is no more”, in Arstechnica:",
          "text": "Completely absent was any mention of the Apple Watch Edition branding, which Apple used last year to launch a pair of $10,000-and-up Apple Watches that worked the same way as the cheap ones but were made out of actual gold instead of workaday, plebeian metals.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Common, particularly (derogatory) vulgar, crude, coarse, uncultured."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "particularly",
          "particularly"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ],
        [
          "crude",
          "crude"
        ],
        [
          "coarse",
          "coarse"
        ],
        [
          "uncultured",
          "uncultured"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pliˈbiːən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/plɛbˈiːən/"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-iːən"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "common",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "of"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "common",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "pertaining to the common people"
    },
    {
      "word": "plebian"
    },
    {
      "word": "plebeyan"
    },
    {
      "word": "plebean"
    },
    {
      "word": "plebeane"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "plebien"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "plebeyakan",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "պլեբեյական"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ṙamkakan",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "ռամկական"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plebejski",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "плебейски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebejský"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebejisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "volks"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "vulgair"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "rahvaanomainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plébéien"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebejisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iyashii",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "賎しい"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gesen na",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "下賎な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "heimin no",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "平民の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shomin no",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "庶民の"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebeius"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "marhaen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'âmiyâne",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "عامیانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'avâmâne",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "عوامانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebejski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plebéjskij",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "плебе́йский"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebejský"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebeyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "barriobajero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "plebejisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "note": "ayak takımı (informal - + inflection suffixes)",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plebéjsʹkyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to the common people",
      "word": "плебе́йський"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plebeian"
}

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