"plebe" meaning in Italian

See plebe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈplɛ.be/ Forms: plebi [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛbe Etymology: Borrowed from Latin plēbem. Compare the inherited doublet pieve. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|la|plebs|plēbem}} Borrowed from Latin plēbem, {{doublet|it|pieve|notext=1}} pieve Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} plebe f (plural plebi)
  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) plebs (plebeian class) Tags: Ancient-Rome, feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-plebe-it-noun-kr0uwt7c Categories (other): Ancient Rome
  2. (literary) plebs, commoners, common people (as opposed to nobility) Tags: feminine, literary Synonyms: popolo
    Sense id: en-plebe-it-noun-2Baq5H35 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 4 42 44 4 6
  3. (derogatory, dated) mob, rabble, riffraff Tags: dated, derogatory, feminine Synonyms: massa, popolino, volgo
    Sense id: en-plebe-it-noun-Cd-OrKvR Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 4 42 44 4 6
  4. (figurative, poetic) multitude, mass (of people) Tags: feminine, figuratively, poetic Synonyms: moltitudine
    Sense id: en-plebe-it-noun-1x9VSvaU
  5. (figurative, poetic, rare) multitude, mass (of plants) Tags: feminine, figuratively, poetic, rare Synonyms: moltitudine
    Sense id: en-plebe-it-noun-FbiOtPD6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: plebaglia Related terms: plebeo, plebiscito

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "plebaglia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "plebs",
        "4": "plēbem"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin plēbem",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "pieve",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "pieve",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin plēbem. Compare the inherited doublet pieve.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plebi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "plebe f (plural plebi)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "plè‧be"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "plè‧be"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "plebeo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "plebiscito"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "patriziato"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Ancient Rome",
          "orig": "it:Ancient Rome",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plebs (plebeian class)"
      ],
      "id": "en-plebe-it-noun-kr0uwt7c",
      "links": [
        [
          "Ancient Rome",
          "Ancient Rome"
        ],
        [
          "plebs",
          "plebs"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, Ancient Rome) plebs (plebeian class)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ancient-Rome",
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aristocrazia"
        },
        {
          "word": "nobiltà"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 42 44 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plebs, commoners, common people (as opposed to nobility)"
      ],
      "id": "en-plebe-it-noun-2Baq5H35",
      "links": [
        [
          "plebs",
          "plebs"
        ],
        [
          "commoners",
          "commoners"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) plebs, commoners, common people (as opposed to nobility)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "popolo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 42 44 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mob, rabble, riffraff"
      ],
      "id": "en-plebe-it-noun-Cd-OrKvR",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "mob",
          "mob"
        ],
        [
          "rabble",
          "rabble"
        ],
        [
          "riffraff",
          "riffraff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, dated) mob, rabble, riffraff"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "massa"
        },
        {
          "word": "popolino"
        },
        {
          "word": "volgo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "multitude, mass (of people)"
      ],
      "id": "en-plebe-it-noun-1x9VSvaU",
      "links": [
        [
          "multitude",
          "multitude"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, poetic) multitude, mass (of people)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "moltitudine"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "multitude, mass (of plants)"
      ],
      "id": "en-plebe-it-noun-FbiOtPD6",
      "links": [
        [
          "multitude",
          "multitude"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, poetic, rare) multitude, mass (of plants)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "moltitudine"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "poetic",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplɛ.be/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛbe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plebe"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian doublets",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms borrowed from Latin",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛbe",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɛbe/2 syllables",
    "es:Children"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "plebaglia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "plebs",
        "4": "plēbem"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin plēbem",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "pieve",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "pieve",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin plēbem. Compare the inherited doublet pieve.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plebi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "plebe f (plural plebi)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "plè‧be"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "plè‧be"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "plebeo"
    },
    {
      "word": "plebiscito"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "patriziato"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with historical senses",
        "it:Ancient Rome"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plebs (plebeian class)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ancient Rome",
          "Ancient Rome"
        ],
        [
          "plebs",
          "plebs"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, Ancient Rome) plebs (plebeian class)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ancient-Rome",
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aristocrazia"
        },
        {
          "word": "nobiltà"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plebs, commoners, common people (as opposed to nobility)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plebs",
          "plebs"
        ],
        [
          "commoners",
          "commoners"
        ],
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) plebs, commoners, common people (as opposed to nobility)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "popolo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian dated terms",
        "Italian derogatory terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mob, rabble, riffraff"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "mob",
          "mob"
        ],
        [
          "rabble",
          "rabble"
        ],
        [
          "riffraff",
          "riffraff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, dated) mob, rabble, riffraff"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "massa"
        },
        {
          "word": "popolino"
        },
        {
          "word": "volgo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "derogatory",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "multitude, mass (of people)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "multitude",
          "multitude"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, poetic) multitude, mass (of people)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "moltitudine"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian poetic terms",
        "Italian terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "multitude, mass (of plants)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "multitude",
          "multitude"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, poetic, rare) multitude, mass (of plants)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "moltitudine"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "poetic",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplɛ.be/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛbe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plebe"
}

Download raw JSONL data for plebe meaning in Italian (3.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Italian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.