plebeian
/pləˈbiən/pluh-BEE-uhn
/pləˈbiən/pluh-BEE-uhn
Meaningof the common people
Common meaning: common, lowborn
- plebthe common peopleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1386 · scan
- eianadjective ending (Latin -eius)
Journey through time
- Latinplēbs, plēbis‘the common people’
- Old Frenchplebetensource
- Englishplebeian‘common, lowborn’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin plēbs ‘the common people’.
Roots
- plēbs, plēbis Latin “the common people”
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