hoi polloi

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (collective, plural, plural-only) The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)
  2. (nonstandard, plural, plural-only) The elite.

Teenoorgestelde van
elite
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ/
Etimologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οἱ πολλοί (hoi polloí, “the many”).

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