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épater la bourgeoisie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epa-ter la bour-geoisie
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of épater le bourgeois.

Literary

Etymology

Borrowed from French épater (“amaze”) la (“the”) bourgeoisie (“middle class”).

Origin

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Usage

Inflected Forms

épater le bourgeoisie (canonical)

Questions

What does épater la bourgeoisie mean?
Alternative form of épater le bourgeois.
Where does épater la bourgeoisie come from?
It is traced to French.

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