"populace" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒpjʊləs/ [UK], /ˈpɑpjələs/ [US], /ˈpɑpjulɛs/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-populace.wav Forms: populaces [plural]
enPR: päpʹyə-ləs [US] Etymology: From Middle French populace, from Italian popolaccio. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|populace}} Middle French populace, {{uder|en|it|popolaccio}} Italian popolaccio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} populace (countable and uncountable, plural populaces)
  1. The common people of a nation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives Synonyms (common people of a nation): common people, hoi polloi, masses, people, rabble, riff-raff Translations (common people): poble [masculine] (Catalan), 民眾 (Chinese Mandarin), 民众 (mínzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 齊民 (Chinese Mandarin), 齐民 (qímín) (Chinese Mandarin), 庶民 (shùmín) (Chinese Mandarin), plebs [neuter] (Dutch), popolamaso (Esperanto), bas peuple [masculine] (French), plèbe [feminine, pejorative] (French), populace [feminine, pejorative] (French), gemeine Volk [neuter] (German), breite Masse [feminine] (German), Pöbel [masculine, pejorative] (German), pubblico [masculine] (Italian), popolo [masculine] (Italian), 民衆 (minshū) (alt: みんしゅう) (Japanese), 大衆 (taishū) (alt: たいしゅう) (Japanese), 庶民 (shomin) (alt: しょみん) (Japanese), populus [masculine] (Latin), ജനം (janaṁ) (Malayalam), xelk [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), Bevelkjarunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), povão [masculine, pejorative] (Portuguese), povo [masculine] (Portuguese), ਜਨਤਾ (jantā) [feminine] (Punjabi), просто́й наро́д (prostój naród) [masculine] (Russian), ма́ссы (mássy) (alt: широ́кие) [feminine, plural] (Russian), простонаро́дье (prostonaródʹje) [neuter] (Russian), толпа́ (tolpá) (english: crowd) [feminine] (Russian), чернь (černʹ) [feminine, pejorative] (Russian), сброд (sbrod) [masculine, pejorative] (Russian), бы́дло (býdlo) [neuter, pejorative] (Russian), populacho [masculine, pejorative] (Spanish), pueblo [masculine] (Spanish), མི་དམངས (mi dmangs) (Tibetan), cumhur (Turkish)
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  2. The inhabitants of a nation. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (inhabitants of a nation): inhabitants, population
    Sense id: en-populace-en-noun-6enkD6rs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'inhabitants of a nation': 15 85

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      "word": "ਜਨਤਾ"
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      "roman": "prostonaródʹje",
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      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mi dmangs",
      "sense": "common people",
      "word": "མི་དམངས"
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      "sense": "common people",
      "word": "cumhur"
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}

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