hoi polloi

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

gent

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

massa

poble

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Oposat a

elite

Sinònims

masses

rabble

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

the great unwashed

commonalty

multitude

riffraff

mass

the multitude

ordinary people

general public

Everyman

Commons

canaille

volk

common people

crowd

everyman

folk music

herd

mob

pleb

unwashed

Traduccions

plebe

όχλος

gens

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

gente

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Pöbel

pueblo

🏙️

plèbe

peuple

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

μάζα

povo

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

gente

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

populacho

λαουτζίκος

Volk

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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