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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesborghese
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /borˈɡɛːze/
"Vivevano in un quartiere borghese."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Denoting or characteristic of a middle-class or socially aspiring group, especially of Irish descent.
"The family belonged to the lace-curtain Irish community in the Boston suburbs." - 2
Characterized by pretensions to gentility, respectability, or middle-class status.
"She maintained a very lace-curtain standard of cleanliness and decorum in her parlor."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the mid-19th to early 20th century cultural association in Ireland and the United States between display of lace curtains in domestic windows and middle-class respectability. It emerged primarily as part of the compound socio-cultural descriptor 'lace-curtain Irish', denoting those who had achieved economic success and social mobility, distinguishing them from working-class or 'shanty' counterparts.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lace-curtain" is said worldwide
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bourgeois
Transliteration: /buʁ.ʒwa/
"Il appartenait à une famille bourgeoise."
kleinbürgerlich
Transliteration: /ˈklaɪnˌbʏʁɡɐlɪç/
"Sie pflegten einen kleinbürgerlichen Lebensstil."
borghese
Transliteration: /borˈɡɛːze/
"Vivevano in un quartiere borghese."
burgués
Transliteration: /buɾˈɣes/
"Tenían aspiraciones de clase media burguesa."
burguês
Transliteration: /buʁˈɡes/
"Eles adotaram um estilo de vida burguês."
मध्य-वर्गीय
Transliteration: madhya-vargiya
"वे एक प्रतिष्ठित मध्य-वर्गीय परिवार से थे।"
中产阶级的
Transliteration: zhòng chǎn jiē jí de
"他们属于讲究体面的中产阶级。"
중산층의
Transliteration: jungsancheung-ui
"그들은 전형적인 중산층의 가치관을 가지고 있었다."
中産階級の
Transliteration: chūsankaikyū no
"彼らは上品な中産階級の生活を送っていた。"
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