Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salariat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: salari-at
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.

Example Sentences

"1954, J. S. Coleman, Nationalism in Tropical Africa, American Political Science Association […] geographical distribution of the wage-labor force and salariat?"
"Below that elite comes the ‘salariat’, still in stable full-time employment, some hoping to move into the elite, the majority just enjoying the trappings of their kind, with their pensions, paid holidays and enterprise benefits, often subsidised by the state."

Etymology

Borrowed from French salariat.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: salariat

Inflected Forms

salariats (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

proletariat precariat

Questions

What does salariat mean?: Salary earners as a class or group, often as opposed to wage earners.
Where does salariat come from?: It is traced to French.

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