vulgar

== English == === Alternative forms === (early modern English): vulgare === 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”), Old Church Slavonic великъ (velikŭ, “great”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvʌl.ɡə/ (US) enPR: vŭlʹgər, IPA(key): /ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/ Rhymes: -ʌlɡə(ɹ) === Adjective === vulgar (comparative more vulgar or vulgarer, superlative most vulgar or vulgarest) Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene. Coordinate terms: derogatory, disparaging, offensive Synonyms: inappropriate, debased, uncouth, offensive, ignoble, mean, profane, crass, crude, coarse; see also Thesaurus:obscene (historical or derogatory) Having to do with ordinary, common people. Synonyms: common, popular Near-synonyms: vulgate; vulgarized (especially taxonomy) Common, usual; of the typical kind. Synonyms: customary, ordinary, typical; see also Thesaurus:normal vulgar bush brown (Bicyclus vulgaris) (mathematics) Being a vulgar fraction. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === vulgar (plural vulgars) (historical or derogatory) A common, ordinary person. (collective) The common people. The language of a people, especially the commoners. Synonyms: vulgate, vernacular ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vulgāris. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [bulˈɣar] IPA(key): (Balearic) [vulˈɣa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [vulˈɣaɾ] === Adjective === vulgar m or f (masculine and feminine plural vulgars) vulgar ==== Derived terms ==== vulgarment ==== Related terms ==== vulgaritat ==== Further reading ==== “vulgar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Etymology === From Latin vulgāris. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: vul‧gar === Adjective === vulgar m or f (plural vulgares) common to the people, vulgar ordinary, undistinguished Synonym: prosaico popular, commonly understood, as opposed to scientific or technical Synonyms: común, popular Antonyms: científico, técnico simple, unintelligent ==== Related terms ==== vulgaridade vulgarismo vulgarmente vulgo === Noun === vulgar m (plural vulgares) vulgar (the vernacular tongue or common language of a country) ==== Further reading ==== “vulgar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “uulgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vulgar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vulgar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vulgar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “vulgar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈvulɡar/ [ˈful.ɡar] Rhymes: -ulɡar Syllabification: vul‧gar === Adjective === vulgar (comparative lebih vulgar, superlative paling vulgar) vulgar (debased, uncouth, distasteful, or obscene) Synonym: kasar ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “vulgar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === vulgar m (feminine singular vulgara, masculine plural vulgars, feminine plural vulgaras) vulgar, common to the people ordinary, undistinguished popular ==== Derived terms ==== vulgarament ==== Related terms ==== vulgarizacion vulgarizar vulgaritat === Further reading === Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 742 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vulgāris. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: vul‧gar === Adjective === vulgar m or f (plural vulgares) common to the people, vulgar ordinary, undistinguished Synonym: prosaico popular, commonly understood, as opposed to scientific or technical Synonyms: comum, popular Antonyms: científico, técnico simple, unintelligent ==== Related terms ==== vulgaridade vulgarismo vulgo === Further reading === “vulgar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “vulgar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French vulgaire, Latin vulgaris. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vulˈɡar/ === Adjective === vulgar m or n (feminine singular vulgară, masculine plural vulgari, feminine/neuter plural vulgare) vulgar Synonyms: grosolan, ordinar, comun ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== vulg == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin vulgāris. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bulˈɡaɾ/ [bulˈɣ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: vul‧gar === Adjective === vulgar m or f (masculine and feminine plural vulgares) vulgar (all senses) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “vulgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025