vulgar
/ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Being a vulgar fraction.
noun
The common people.
noun
The language of a people, especially the commoners.
Example Sentences
- "vulgar language"
- "vulgar words"
- "a truly vulgar showing of affection"
- "vulgar and highly distressing scenes"
- "Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber."
- "And, placed discreetly among these commonplaces, a few pieces of genuine quality, bizarrely distinguished by craftsmanship from the vulgar products of the machine."
Etymology
From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Compare Welsh gwala (“plenty, sufficiency”), Ancient Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”), εἰλέω (eiléō, “to compress”), Proto-Slavic *valъ.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: vulgare, vulgāris, *welH-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/
- British English: /ˈvʌl.ɡə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more vulgar (comparative)
vulgarer (comparative)
most vulgar (superlative)
vulgarest (superlative)
vulgare (alternative)
vulgars (plural)