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• bour|geois — …   Useful english dictionary

• pe|tit-bour|geois — «puh TEE boor ZHWAH», plural pe|tits bour|geois «puh TEE boor ZHWAH». French. 1. a member of the petite bourgeoisie, or lower middle class: »This mass of essentially conservative petit bourgeois (New York Times). 2. the petite bourgeoisie, or… …   Useful english dictionary

• pe|tit bour|geois — «puh TEE boor ZHWAH», plural pe|tits bour|geois «puh TEE boor ZHWAH». French. 1. a member of the petite bourgeoisie, or lower middle class: »This mass of essentially conservative petit bourgeois (New York Times). 2. the petite bourgeoisie, or… …   Useful english dictionary

• é|pa|ter le bour|geois — «ay pa TAY luh bur ZHWAH», French. to shock the bourgeois: »He was an establishment figure but found it a pleasure and…a duty to épater le bourgeois (London Times) …   Useful english dictionary

• pet|ty-bour|geois — «PEHT ee bur ZHWAH», adjective. = petit bourgeois. (Cf. ↑petit bourgeois) …   Useful english dictionary

• bour — an·ti·bour·geois; bour; bour·bon; bour·bon·al; bour·bon·ism; bour·don; bour·don·née; bour·gade; bour·geoise; bour·geoi·sie; bour·gui·gnon; bour·non·ite; bour·rée; bour·re·let; bour·sault; bour·tree; ca·lem·bour; faux·bour·don; la·bour·din;… …   English syllables

• geois — an·ti·bour·geois; bour·geois; …   English syllables

• pe·tit bour·geois — /pəˈtiːbuɚʒˈwɑː/ noun, pl petit bourgeois [count] often disapproving : a member of the petite bourgeoisie called also petty bourgeois …   Useful english dictionary

• bourgeois — bour·geois …   English syllables

• bourgeois — bour|geois [bʊr ʒo̯a] <Adj.> (veraltet): die Bourgeoisie betreffend, zur Bourgeoisie gehörend: bourgeoise Prinzipien, Konventionen. Syn.: ↑ bürgerlich. * * * bour|geois 〈[ burʒoạ] Adj.〉 die Bourgeoisie betreffend, zu ihr gehörend,… …   Universal-Lexikon