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haute bourgeoisie

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables
haute bour-geoisie
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The upper middle class in France.

noun

The bourgeoisie proper, the capitalist class.

noun

The upper layer of the bourgeoisie, as opposed to the moyenne or middle bourgeoisie, or the petite bourgeoisie.

Etymology

Borrowed from French haute bourgeoisie.

Inflected Forms

haute bourgeoisies (plural)

Antonyms

petite bourgeoisie petty bourgeoisie

Questions

What does haute bourgeoisie mean?
The upper middle class in France.
Where does haute bourgeoisie come from?
Borrowed from French haute bourgeoisie.

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