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popular
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin popul?ris, from populus (“people”) + -?ris (“-ar”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?pj?l?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?pj?l??/
Adjective
popular (comparative more popular, superlative most popular)
- Common among the general public; generally accepted. [from 15th c.]
- 2007, Joe Queenan, The Guardian, 23 Aug 2007:
- Contrary to popular misconception, MacArthur Park is not the worst song ever written.
- 2007, Joe Queenan, The Guardian, 23 Aug 2007:
- (law) Concerning the people; public. [from 15th c.]
- Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public. [from 16th c.]
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Preface:
- At the coming of Calvin thither, the form of their civil regiment was popular, as it continueth at this day: neither king, nor duke, nor nobleman of any authority or power over them, but officers chosen by the people out of themselves, to order all things with public consent.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 645:
- Luther in popular memory had become a saint, his picture capable of saving houses from burning down, if it was fixed to the parlour wall.
- 2009, Graham Smith, The Guardian, letter, 27 May 2009:
- Jonathan Freedland brilliantly articulates the size and nature of the challenge and we must take his lead in setting out a radical agenda for a new republic based on the principle of popular sovereignty.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Preface:
- (obsolete) Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian. [16th-17th c.]
- Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption. [from 16th c.]
- 2009, ‘Meltdown’, The Economist, 8 Apr 2009:
- As a work of popular science it is exemplary: the focus may be the numbers, but most of the mathematical legwork is confined to the appendices and the accompanying commentary is amusing and witty, as well as informed.
- 2009, ‘Meltdown’, The Economist, 8 Apr 2009:
- (obsolete) Cultivating the favour of the common people. [16th-18th c.]
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy
- Such popular humanity is treason.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy
- Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired. [from 17th c.]
- 2011, The Observer, 2 Oct.:
- They might have split 24 years ago, but the Smiths remain as popular as ever, and not just among those who remember them first time around.
- 2011, The Observer, 2 Oct.:
- Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap. [from 19th c.]
Antonyms
- anonymous
- unpopular
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
popular (plural populars)
- A person who is popular, especially at a school.
- 2002, Stephen Tropiano, The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV, Hal Leonard Corporation (?ISBN):
- To pass time, Nicole (Tammy Lynn Michaels), the most vicious of the populars, decides they should play a little game. Earlier that day, in their feminist studies class, the women were discussing Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, a novel ...
- 2002, Stephen Tropiano, The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV, Hal Leonard Corporation (?ISBN):
- (chiefly in the plural) An inexpensive newspaper with wide circulation.
- 1983, Jeremy Tunstall, The Media in Britain, Columbia University Press (?ISBN), page 75:
- Serious newspapers boomed; the populars became tabloid supplements to television, with the television schedules and related features increasingly the core of the newspaper.
- 1983, Jeremy Tunstall, The Media in Britain, Columbia University Press (?ISBN), page 75:
- A member of the Populares
- 1843, Thucydides, “The” History of the Grecian War, Translated by Thomas Hobbes, page 415:
- [...] when their ambassadors were come from Samos, and that they saw not only the populars, but also some others of their own party thought trusty before, to be now changed.
- 1843, Thucydides, “The” History of the Grecian War, Translated by Thomas Hobbes, page 415:
References
- popular at OneLook Dictionary Search
- popular in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "popular" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 236.
- popular in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- popular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin popularis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /po.pu?la/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pu.pu?lar/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /po.pu?la?/
Adjective
popular (masculine and feminine plural populars)
- popular (of the common people)
- popular (well-known, well-liked)
Derived terms
- popularitzar
- popularment
Related terms
- poble
- popularitat
Further reading
- “popular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chavacano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish popular (“popular”).
Adjective
popular
- popular
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin popul?ris.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?po.pu.?la?/
- Hyphenation: po?pu?lar
Adjective
popular m or f (plural populares, comparable)
- popular (liked by many people)
- popular (relating to the general public)
- popular (aimed at ordinary people)
- (by extension) popular; affordable
- Synonym: barato
- (politics) democratic (involving the participation of the general public)
- Synonym: democrático
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:popular.
Related terms
- povo
Noun
popular m (plural populares)
- (formal) civilian (a person who is not working in the police or armed forces)
- Synonym: civil
Noun
popular f (plural populares)
- cheap accommodation
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?po.pu.?la(?)/
- Hyphenation: po?pu?lar
Verb
popular (first-person singular present indicative populo, past participle populado)
- (databases) to populate (to add initial data to [a database])
- (rare) Synonym of povoar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin popularis, French populaire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po.pu?lar/
Adjective
popular m or n (feminine singular popular?, masculine plural populari, feminine and neuter plural populare)
- popular (of the people)
- popular (well-liked)
Declension
Related terms
- popula
- popularitate
- populism
- populist
- popor
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin popul?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /popu?la?/, [po.pu?la?]
- Hyphenation: po?pu?lar
Adjective
popular (plural populares)
- popular
- (politics, Spain) Pertaining to PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party
Derived terms
Related terms
- popularidad
- populismo
- populista
- pueblo
Noun
popular m or f (plural populares)
- (politics, Spain) a member or supporter of PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party
Further reading
- “popular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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broad
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English brood, brode, from Old English br?d (“broad, flat, open, extended, spacious, wide, ample, copious”), from Proto-Germanic *braidaz (“broad”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots braid (“broad”), West Frisian breed (“broad”), Saterland Frisian breed (“broad”), Low German breed (“broad”), breet, Dutch breed (“broad”), German breit (“broad, wide”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål bred (“broad”), Norwegian brei (“broad”), Icelandic breiður (“broad, wide”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b???d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??d/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /b??d/
- Rhymes: -??d
Adjective
broad (comparative broader, superlative broadest)
- Wide in extent or scope.
- Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
- 1720, William Bartlet, a sermon
- broad and open day
- May 12, 1860, Eliza Watson, Witches and witchcraft (in Once A Week, No. 46.)
- crushing the minds of its victims in the broad and open day
- 1720, William Bartlet, a sermon
- Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
- a broad mixture of falsehood
- Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
- 1819, D. Daggett, Sturges v. Crowninshield
- The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case.
- 1859, Edward Everett, Daniel Webster: An Oration On the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster,
- in a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way
- 1819, D. Daggett, Sturges v. Crowninshield
- Plain; evident.
- General rather than specific.
- to be in broad agreement
- (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
- Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
- (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
- (of an accent) Strongly regional.
- (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
Antonyms
- (wide—regarding occupied space, width of an object): thin, narrow
- (wide—regarding body width): skinny
- (comprehensive): all-encompassing; see also Thesaurus:comprehensive
- (not palatalized): slender
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
broad (plural broads)
- (Britain) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
- A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (Britain, historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
- (film, television) A kind of floodlight.
- 1974, The Video Handbook (page 71)
- […] fresnel spotlights, old-type broads, sky-pans, cone-lights, etc.
- 1976, Herbert Zettl, Television Production Handbook (volume 10, page 105)
- Some broads have barn doors (see page 115) to block gross light spill into other set areas; others have even an adjustable beam, […]
- 2015, Jim Owens, Television Production (page 194)
- Light bounced from large white surfaces (e.g., matte reflector boards, or a white ceiling). Floodlights include scoops, broads, floodlight, banks, internally reflected units, strip lights, and cyclorama lights.
- 1974, The Video Handbook (page 71)
Derived terms
- Broadland (sense 1)
- Oulton Broad (sense 1)
Etymology 2
Early 20th century. Said to be from abroadwife (“woman who lives or travels without her husband”), though it might be in part an alteration of bride, especially through influence of cognate German Braut, which is used in the same sense of “broad, young woman, hussy”. Compare already Middle High German br?t (“concubine”).
Noun
broad (plural broads)
- (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
- (US, colloquial, slang, sometimes dated, derogatory) A woman or girl.
- Who was that broad I saw you with?
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:prostitute
- See also Thesaurus:woman
- See also Thesaurus:girl
Translations
See also
- Appendix:Word formation verb -en noun -ness
Anagrams
- Bardo, Board, Borda, Broda, Dobra, abord, adorb, bardo, board, dobra
Breton
Etymology
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Noun
broad m (plural broiz)
- person from a country
Inflection
Noun
broad f (plural broadoù)
- nation
Inflection
Derived terms
- broadel
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