hoi polloi

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

gens
🧑‍🤝‍🧑
peuple
🧑‍🤝‍🧑
plèbe
foule
masse
populace
Opposé de
elite
Synonymes

masses
C1
rabble
C2
people
A1
🧑‍🤝‍🧑

the great unwashed

commonalty
multitude
22k
riffraff
26k
mass
B1

the multitude

ordinary people

general public

Everyman

Commons
C2
canaille
volk

common people

crowd
B1
everyman
40k
folk music
herd
C1
mob
B2
pleb
unwashed
34k
Traductions

plebe
populacho

όχλος

gente
🧑‍🤝‍🧑

μάζα

pueblo
🏙️
Pöbel
gente
🧑‍🤝‍🧑
povo
🧑‍🤝‍🧑
poble
🧑‍🤝‍🧑

λαός

die Masse

πλήθος

massa
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˌhɔɪ pəˈlɔɪ/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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

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