popular
/ˈpɑ.pjə.lɚ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.07 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Concerning the people; public.
adj
Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
adj
Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
adj
Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.
Example Sentences
- "Contrary to popular misconception, MacArthur Park is not the worst song ever written."
- "Recent evidence demonstrates that caffeine addiction is becoming popular worldwide."
- "At the coming of Calvin thither, the form of their civil regiment was popular, as it continueth at this day: neither king, nor duke, nor nobleman of any authority or power over them, but officers chosen by the people out of themselves, to order all things with public consent."
- "Luther in popular memory had become a saint, his picture capable of saving houses from burning down, if it was fixed to the parlour wall."
- "Jonathan Freedland brilliantly articulates the size and nature of the challenge and we must take his lead in setting out a radical agenda for a new republic based on the principle of popular sovereignty."
- "Popular and shallow-headed mindes, cannot perceive the grace or comelinesse, nor judge of a smooth and quaint discourse."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular Inherited from Middle English populer, borrowed from Old French populaire, or borrowed from Latin populāris.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɚ/
- British English: /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lə/