Meanings
plural petite bourgeoisies · plural petites bourgeoisies
- countablehistoricaluncountableThe lower middle class.
- MarxismcountableuncountableAn aspirational socio-economic class comprising small-scale capitalists such as small-business owners, managers, and some skilled professionals.
Synonyms: petty bourgeoisie · Antonyms: haute bourgeoisie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn aspirational socio-economic class comprising small-scale capitalists such as small-business owners, managers, and some skilled professionals.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlower middle class (shopkeepers and clerical staff etc.)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchpetite bourgeoisie
- Englishpetite bourgeoisie
Borrowed from French petite bourgeoisie.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic البرجوازية الصغيرة
- البرجوازية الصغيرةsocio-economic class
Bulgarian дребна буржоазия
- дребна буржоазия (drebna buržoazija)socio-economic class
Catalan petita burgesia
- petita burgesiasocio-economic class
Chinese Mandarin 小資產階級 /小资产阶级
- 小資產階級 /小资产阶级 (xiǎo zīchǎn jiējí)socio-economic class
Czech maloburžoazie
- maloburžoaziesocio-economic class
Danish småborgerskab
- småborgerskabsocio-economic class
Finnish pikkuporvaristo
- pikkuporvaristosocio-economic class
French petite bourgeoisie
- petite bourgeoisiesocio-economic class
German Kleinbürgertum
- Kleinbürgertumsocio-economic class
Japanese 小ブルジョア, プチ・ブルジョア
- 小ブルジョア (shō-burujoa)socio-economic class
- プチ・ブルジョア (puchi burujoa)socio-economic class
- プチブル (puchiburu)socio-economic class
Polish drobnomieszczaństwo
- drobnomieszczaństwosocio-economic class
Portuguese pequena burguesia
- pequena burguesiasocio-economic class
Romanian mica burghezie
- mica burgheziesocio-economic class
Russian ме́лкая буржуази́я, меща́нство
- ме́лкая буржуази́я (mélkaja buržuazíja)socio-economic class
- меща́нство (meščánstvo)socio-economic class
Spanish pequeña burguesía
- pequeña burguesíasocio-economic class
Turkish küçük burjuvazi, kentsoylu
- küçük burjuvazisocio-economic class
- kentsoylusocio-economic class
Vietnamese giai cấp tiểu tư sản
- giai cấp tiểu tư sảnsocio-economic class
Cite this entry
petite bourgeoisie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petite%20bourgeoisie
“petite bourgeoisie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petite%20bourgeoisie. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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