Bourgeois (en. Bourgeois)

/buʁʒwa/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Member of a favored social class, often associated with materialistic values.

Bourgeois individuals often have a certain influence on society.

Les bourgeois ont souvent une certaine influence sur la société.

A person who prioritizes material comfort and possessions.

adjective

Refers to a person who belongs to the middle class.

A bourgeois lifestyle is often associated with financial stability.

Un mode de vie bourgeois est souvent associé à la stabilité financière.

Characteristic of a comfortable and materialistic lifestyle.

Their ideas are very bourgeois and conservative.

Leurs idées sont très bourgeoises et conservatrices.

From old French 'burgeis', meaning an inhabitant of a town, a bourgeois.

bourgeois gentleman

A person who tries to give themselves an appearance of nobility.

bourgeois gentilhomme

bourgeoisie

The middle social class, often perceived as materialistic.

bourgeoisie

aristocratic

Related to a higher or noble class.

aristocratique

revolution

Radical change of a political or social structure.

révolution

Bobo (bourgeois-bohemian)

She became a bobo after moving into the chic neighborhood.

Elle est devenue bobo après avoir emménagé dans le quartier chic.

Chic

It's too chic for me, I don't feel bourgeois.

C'est trop chic pour moi, je me sens pas bourgeois.