vulgar

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

Adj

1. Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
2. (derogatory, historical) Having to do with ordinary, common people.
3. (especially) Common, usual; of the typical kind.
4. Being a vulgar fraction.

Sinonieme

coarse

common

crude

rude

obscene

indecent

base

rough

low

gross

uncouth

mean

cheap

lewd

ordinary

common people

unrefined

raw

rustic

vile

boorish

shabby

tacky

dirty

harsh

plebeian

lowbred

rabble

popular

violent

worldly-minded

earthy

unpolished

humble

showy

tasteless

cunt

blunt

commonplace

shoddy

uncultivated

hard

profane

greedy

low-class

masses

flat

flashy

churlish

indelicate

Vertalings

vulgaire

vulgar

volgare

vulgär

grossier

vulgar

vulgair

ordinair

vulgar

gewöhnlich

plat

πρόστυχος

grosseiro

Vulgarität

grof

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈvʌl.ɡə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: vulgare

Verwante met Wallies: gwala

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ἁλία

Verwante met Kerkslawies: великъ

In summary

From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥k-. Compare Welsh gwala (“plenty, sufficiency”), Ancient Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”), εἰλέω (eiléō, “to compress”), Old Church Slavonic великъ (velikŭ, “great”).