adjective · rare

bourgeois

bourgeois · more bourgeois · most bourgeois

буржуазний

буржуазный, обывательский

bürgerlich, spießig, bourgeois, spießbürgerlich

Of or relating to the middle class, and their presumed overly conventional,…Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.

ⓘⓘ

UK/ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/US/bʊɹʒˈwɑː/

» She comes from a bourgeois background.

Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Meaning

3 senses

Of or relating to the middle class (often derogatory), and their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
bourgeois opinion
bourgeois, bürgerlich, spießig
буржуа́зныйburžuáznyj, обыва́тельскийobyvátelʹskij
буржуа́знийburžuáznyj
belonging to the middle class
(historical)Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
(Marxism)Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
буржуа́зныйburžuáznyj
буржуа́знийburžuáznyj

Examples

17 sentences

She comes from a bourgeois background.
Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
It's a piece of bourgeois furniture.
Miktsoanit · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Marriage is the true fortress of bourgeois morality.
deDie Ehe ist die wahre Festung der bürgerlichen Moral. — Esperantostern
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
I need an irreducible minimum amount of bourgeois comfort.
shekitten · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Of course, walking away from the bourgeois scene wasn't easy.
LoverofEnglish · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

of or relating to the middle class:

Русский

By meaning 2

of or relating to the middle class:

conventional, conservative and materialistic:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

of or relating to the middle class:

conventional, conservative and materialistic:

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members

Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from Old French burgeis (“town dweller”), from Frankish *burg, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold; city”) (whence borough). Doublet of burgess; compare also burgish.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source