people
Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic…Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
» Few people know about the plan.
Nur wenige Personen wissen über den Plan Bescheid.
Nur wenige wissen von dem Plan.
Nur wenige wissen von dem Vorhaben.
Про этот план знает мало людей.
Мало людей знають про план.
Meaning
6 senses(collective, countable)Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
a people apart
an industrious people
Volk, Voik
наро́дnaród, на́цияnácija
наро́дnaród, на́ціяnácija
(countable, uncountable)A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.
Moses said, "Let my people go."
his people were weary
Leute, Volk
лю́диljúdi
(countable, uncountable)One's colleagues or employees.
I'll have my people call your people.
I have my people working on it.
(countable, uncountable)A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.
His people live out west.
Familie, Verwandten, Angehörigen
родня́rodnjá
members of a family line
(countable, uncountable)The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
The people have successfully stood up against tyranny and totalitarianism.
The election is over and the people have spoken.
Volk
наро́дnaród, людljud
(countable, uncountable)People in general, humans, by extension sentient beings real or fictional.
People don't like it when you tweak their noses.
Teachers are people too.
Examples
19332 sentencesFew people know about the plan.
Мало людей знають про план.
ruПро этот план знает мало людей.
deNur wenige Personen wissen über den Plan Bescheid.
Some people are difficult to please.
Деяким людям важко догодити.
ruНекоторым людям трудно угодить.
deManchen Leuten kann man es nie recht machen.
Many people were waiting in line.
У черзі чекало багато людей.
ruВ очереди ждало много людей.
deViele Leute standen Schlange.
The room was filled with people.
Кімната була заповнена людьми.
ruКомната была полна народу.
deDer Raum war voller Menschen.
Old people get up very early.
Старі люди прокидаються рано.
ruСтарые люди просыпаются рано.
deAlte Leute stehen sehr früh auf.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English puple, peple, peeple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French puepleFrom Middle English puple, peple, peeple, from Anglo-Norman people, from Old French pueple, peuple, pople, from Latin populus (“a people, nation”), from Old Latin populus, from earlier poplus, from even earlier poplos, from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”) of unknown origin. Doublet of pueblo. Gradually ousted native English lede and, partially, folk.
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Forms
plural: peoplesSynonyms
18 synonyms- the body of citizens of a state or country:citizenry
- the common people generally:multitudemassesmasshoi polloithe great unwashed
Word family
71 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- many people
- how many people
- lot of people
- some people
- most people
- many people are
- many people do
- few people
- other people
- a few people
- people in the
- thirty people