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Meaning of vulgar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard

ˈvʌl.ɡə

Definitions

A common, ordinary person.
derogatory, historical
The common people.
collective
The language of a people, especially the commoners.

Equivalents

Afrikaans gewoon onbeskaaf

العربية بذيء فظ

Беларуская вульгарны непрысто́йны

Български неприличен непристоен

Bosanski Kaba Kotor ljudski

Català vulgar

Čeština Hrubý lidový prostý sprostý vulgární

Dansk gemen grov obskøn plat simpel uanstændig vulgær

Deutsch allgemein gemein gewöhnlich ordinär unanständig unfein ungebildet ungehobelt Volks- volkstümlich vulgär vulgärsprachlich

Ελληνικά Αγοραίος Κοινός πρόστυχος χυδαίος

Esperanto triviala vulgara

Español chabacano ramplón shumo vulgar

Suomi alatyylinen kansanomainen rahvaanomainen rivo sivistymätön vulgaari

Français obscène vulgaire

Galego vulgar

עברית המוני

हिन्दी अश्लील

Hrvatski Kaba Kotor ljudski

Magyar durva közönséges otromba trágár

Հայերեն կոպիտ

Bahasa Indonesia cabul jorok kotor

Italiano indecente osceno triviale volgare

日本語せんえき卑しい平民の庶民的な汚い焚琴煮鶴猥

ქართული ვულგარული უკმეხი უხეში

Kurdî grov popûlar

Nederlands gemeen gewoon obsceen ordinair ruw smakeloos volks vulgair

Polski obsceniczny wulgarny

Português comum indecente obsceno popular vulgar vulgar

Română comun grosolan obscen ordinar

Русский вульгарный неприличный непристойный пошлый простонародный

Slovenščina ljudski

Српски Kaba Kotor ljudski

Svenska gemen pöbelaktig vulgär

తెలుగు అశ్లీలము

ไทย หยาบคาย

Türkçe kaba kabalaşmak odunlaşmak

Українська вульга́рний непристо́йний

Tiếng Việt nôm na

Examples

“Popular antiquarian writings […] frequently focused on the regional vulgars' superstitious beliefs regarding the dead and their ongoing presence—such as popular funeral rites or the vulgars' fear of church yards.”

“Therefore you Clowne, abandon: which is in the vulgar, leaue the societie: which in the boorish, is companie, of this female: which in the common, is woman: which together, is, abandon the society of this Female, […]”

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