noun · rare

vulgar

vulgar · vulgars

просторіччя

народный язык, народная речь, местный диалект

Dialekt, Volksmund, Umgangssprache

A common, ordinary personA common, ordinary person.

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UK/ˈvʌl.ɡə/US/ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/

» Tom is vulgar.

Том вульгарний.

Meaning

3 senses

(derogatory, historical)A common, ordinary person.
(collective)The common people.
The language of a people, especially the commoners.

Examples

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Tom is vulgar.
Том вульгарний. — deniko
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Tom often uses vulgar language.
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Tom doesn't use vulgar language.
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I don't like vulgar jokes.
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Yanni got very vulgar and mean.
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Origin

From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”)

From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Compare Welsh gwala (“plenty, sufficiency”), Ancient Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”), εἰλέω (eiléō, “to compress”), Proto-Slavic *valъ.

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