Meanings
plural bourgeoisies
- historicaluncountableusuallyA class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourgeoisie.
- MarxismuncountableusuallyThe capitalist class.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourgeoisie.
1 more example
The Pharisees of the bourgeoisie love the saying: de mortuis aut bene aut nihil (speak none ill of the dead). The proletariat needs the truth both about living politicians and about the dead for those who truly merit the name of politician do not die for politics when their physical demise comes.
1989 July 6 [1988 October], Dmitriy Volkogonov, “Triumph and Tragedy: A Portrait of I.V. Stalin”, in JPRS Report: Soviet Union, number 043, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Moscow, Oktyabr, No 10, translation of original in Russian, →OCLC, page 1, column 1
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe social class between the lower and upper classes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchbourgeoisie
- Englishbourgeoisie
Unadapted borrowing from French bourgeoisie, from bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from bourgeois, “burghers”, i.e., townspeople.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بُرْجُوَازِيَّة
- بُرْجُوَازِيَّة (burjuwāziyya)class
Basque burgesia
- burgesiaclass
Bengali বুর্জোয়াশ্রেণী, বুর্জোয়া
- বুর্জোয়াশ্রেণী (burjōẇasreni)class
- বুর্জোয়া (burjōẇa)class
Bulgarian буржоа́зия
- буржоа́зия (buržoázija)class
Catalan burgesia
- burgesiaclass
Chinese Mandarin 資產階級 /资产阶级, 布爾喬亞 /布尔乔亚
- 資產階級 /资产阶级 (zīchǎn jiējí)class
- 布爾喬亞 /布尔乔亚 (bù'ěrqiáoyà)class
- 中產階級 /中产阶级 (zhōngchǎn jiējí)class
Czech buržoazie
- buržoazieclass
Danish borgerskab, bourgeoisi
- borgerskabclass
- bourgeoisiclass
Dutch bourgeoisie, gegoede burgerij
- bourgeoisieclass
- gegoede burgerijclass
- burgerklasseclass
Esperanto burĝaro
- burĝaroclass
Estonian kodanlus
- kodanlusclass
Finnish porvaristo
- porvaristoclass
French bourgeoisie
- bourgeoisieclass
German Bürgertum, Bourgeoisie
- Bürgertumclass
- Bourgeoisieclass
Greek μπουρζουαζία, αστική τάξη
- μπουρζουαζία (bourzouazía)class
- αστική τάξη (astikí táxi)class
Hebrew בּוּרְגָּנוּת
- בּוּרְגָּנוּת (burganút)class
Hindi बुर्जुआ
- बुर्जुआ (burjuā)class
Hungarian burzsoázia, tőkés osztály
- burzsoáziaclass
- tőkés osztályclass
- polgárságclass
- nagypolgárságclass
Icelandic borgarastétt
- borgarastéttclass
Indonesian borjuis
- borjuisclass
Irish meánaicme
- meánaicmeclass
Italian borghesia
- borghesiaclass
Japanese 中産階級, ブルジョワジー
- 中産階級 (chūsan kaikyū)class
- ブルジョワジー (burujowajī)class
Korean 부르주아지, 중산계급
- 부르주아지 (bureujuaji)class
- 중산계급 (jungsan'gyegeup)class
Latvian buržuāzija
- buržuāzijaclass
Lithuanian buržuazija
- buržuazijaclass
Malay borjuis
- borjuisclass
Norwegian Bokmål borgerskap, bursjoasi
- borgerskapclass
- bursjoasiclass
Polish burżuazja, mieszczaństwo
- burżuazjaclass
- mieszczaństwoclass
Portuguese burguesia
- burguesiaclass
Romanian burghezie, burghezime
- burghezieclass
- burghezimeclass
Russian буржуази́я
- буржуази́я (buržuazíja)class
Slovak buržoázia
- buržoáziaclass
Spanish burguesía
- burguesíaclass
Swedish bourgeoisie, borgerskap
- bourgeoisieclass
- borgerskapclass
Tagalog arian, burgesya
- arianclass
- burgesyaclass
Thai กระฎุมพี
- กระฎุมพี (grà-dum-pii)class
Turkish burjuvazi
- burjuvaziclass
Ukrainian буржуазі́я, міща́нство
- буржуазі́я (buržuazíja)class
- міща́нство (miščánstvo)class
Urdu بُرْجُوا, بُورْژُوازی
- بُرْجُوا (burjuā)class
- بُورْژُوازی (būrźuāzī)class
Vietnamese giai cấp tư sản
- giai cấp tư sảnclass
Cite this entry
bourgeoisie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourgeoisie
“bourgeoisie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bourgeoisie. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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