vulgus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine, neuter, singular, uncountable) the common people
2. (declension-2, masculine, neuter, singular, uncountable) the public
3. (declension-2, masculine, neuter, singular) throng, crowd
4. (declension-2, masculine, neuter, singular) gathering

Concepts

mass

rabble

crowd

mob

the common people

multitude

gang

flock

band

people

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public

circle

⭕

ring

💍

set

swarm

throng

group

Synonyms

multitudo

turba

populus

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publicum

pressura

plēbs

Translations

foule

multidão

menigte

multitud

kalabalık

massa

muchedumbre

massa

folla

turba

ressa

moltitudine

torma

Gedränge

stuolo

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwʊɫ.ɡʊs]

Etymology

May be from Proto-Italic *wolgos or *welgos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to throng, crowd”), whence also Welsh gwala (“sufficiency, enough”), Middle Breton gwalc'h (“abundance”), Sanskrit वर्ग (varga, “group, division”); see also Latin volvō (“I roll, turn over”) for the same or a similar root.
Some have attempted, without success, to link it to Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-go-, whence English folk.