Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make bourgeois.

Examples

17 sentences

  1. She comes from a bourgeois background.

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  2. It's a piece of bourgeois furniture.

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  3. Marriage is the true fortress of bourgeois morality.

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  4. I need an irreducible minimum amount of bourgeois comfort.

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  5. Of course, walking away from the bourgeois scene wasn't easy.

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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.

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Forms

bourgeoises, bourgeoising, bourgeoised, bourgeoised
Base formbourgeois · to bourgeois
3rd person singularbourgeoises
Present participlebourgeoising
Past simplebourgeoised
Past participlebourgeoised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybourgeois
he, she, itbourgeoises

Past simpleLesson

all personsbourgeoised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bourgeoised
he, she, ithas bourgeoised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bourgeois

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bountybouquetC1bourbonB2bourgeoisieboutC2
bourgeois — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto