different between bourgie vs bourgeoisie

English

Etymology

From bourgeoisie or bourgeois, from French; compare bougie.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bo?o?zh?, IPA^(key): /?bu??i/
• Rhymes: -u?i

Noun

bourgie (plural bourgies)

1. (informal, derogatory) A member of the bourgeoisie.

Adjective

bourgie (comparative more bourgie, superlative most bourgie)

1. Alternative form of bougie.

   Although there were more reasonably priced bottles of wine, they chose an expensive Malbec not for its flavor, but for its bourgie appeal.

   • 2011, Jay-Z and Kanye West, "Niggas in Paris", Watch the Throne:

     Bourgie girl / Grab her hand / Fuck that bitch, she don't wanna dance

   • 2012, Sarah Nicole Prickett, "Kristen Stewart should not have apologized, and here's why", The Globe and Mail, 29 July 2012:

     It takes on faith a heterogeneous, bourgie morality and gives the lie that tween girls – or, more accurately, their movie-ticket-buying parents – want to hear.

References

• "American Skin" by Gerald Early.
• "Hazy Halcyon Days of Pot and Puberty" by Charles McGrath

Anagrams

• bougier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bourgeoisie, from bourgeois (“a class of citizens who were wealthier members of the Third Estate”), from bourgeois, “burghers”, i.e., inhabitants of towns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??(?)?w???zi?/

Noun

bourgeoisie (countable and uncountable, plural bourgeoisies)

1. (historical) A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
2. (Marxism) The capitalist class.

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bourgeoisie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bur.??a??zi/
• Hyphenation: bour?geoi?sie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

bourgeoisie f (plural bourgeoisieën)

1. bourgeoisie

   Synonyms: burgerklasse, gegoede burgerij

French

Etymology

From Old French bourgesie, borgoisie (“citizenship”), equivalent to bourgeois +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?.?wa.zi/

Noun

bourgeoisie f (plural bourgeoisies)

1. bourgeoisie

Derived terms

• petite bourgeoisie

Descendants

Further reading

• “bourgeoisie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).