different between popular vs national

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)

1. 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.

2. (law) Concerning the people; public. [from 15th c.]
3. 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.

4. (obsolete) Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian. [16th-17th c.]
5. 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.

6. (obsolete) Cultivating the favour of the common people. [16th-18th c.]
   • 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy

     Such popular humanity is treason.

7. 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.
8. Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap. [from 19th c.]

Antonyms

• anonymous
• unpopular

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

popular (plural populars)

1. 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 ...

2. (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.

3. 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.

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)

1. popular (of the common people)
2. 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

1. 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)

1. popular (liked by many people)

2. popular (relating to the general public)

3. popular (aimed at ordinary people)

4. (by extension) popular; affordable

   Synonym: barato

5. (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)

1. (formal) civilian (a person who is not working in the police or armed forces)

   Synonym: civil

Noun

popular f (plural populares)

1. 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)

1. (databases) to populate (to add initial data to [a database])
2. (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)

1. popular (of the people)
2. 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)

1. popular
2. (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)

1. (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.

English

Etymology

From Middle French national, corresponding to nation +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?na?n?(?)l/, /?na?n(?)l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?næ??n(?)l/, /?næ?n(?)l/

Adjective

national (comparative more national, superlative most national)

1. Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. [from 16th c.]
2. Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others. [from 17th c.]
3. (now rare) Nationalistic; patriotic. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 599:

     ‘Come, come, don't deny it: they are really national. Why, now, the Adams are as liberal-minded men as any in the world: but, I don't know how it is, all their workmen are Scotch.’

Usage notes

See nation for notes regarding the usage of national to refer to the UK and its member states.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

national (plural nationals)

1. A subject of a nation.

   The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.

2. (usually in the plural) A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.

   After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.

Translations

Further reading

• national in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• national in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• nataloin, notalian

Danish

Etymology

From New Latin nationalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na?o?næ?l], occasionally (to stress the opposition to international) IPA^(key): [?na?o?næ?l]

Adjective

national

1. national, having to do with a particular country in opposition to other nations

   Antonym: international

2. national, having to do with the whole and not only single parts of it

   Antonym: regional

3. patriotic, having positive feelings for one's own nation

Inflection

Derived terms

• international

References

• “national” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

nation +? -al; cf. New Latin nationalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.sj?.nal/

Adjective

national (feminine singular nationale, masculine plural nationaux, feminine plural nationales)

1. national

Derived terms

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Derived from Nation (“nation”) under the influence of French national.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?natsi?o?na?l/, [?na.tsjo?na?l], /?natsi?o?na?l/, [?na.tsjo?na?l]
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

national (comparative nationaler, superlative am nationalsten)

1. national (being part of the national identity)

2. national (of importance for, or to the benefit of the nation as a whole)

3. nationwide, national (covering a country, as opposed to regional and international levels; see usage note below)

4. (moderately) nationalist

Usage notes

• The comparative forms are infrequent.
• German national in the sense of “nationwide” occurs chiefly in a political context, as shown in the examples above. Its use in other contexts is most often modeled on English usage: ein nationaler Gesangswettbewerb — a national singing competition. The more idiomatic German word is landesweit: ein landesweiter Gesangswettbewerb.

Declension

Derived terms

• Nationalismus
• Nationalität
• Nationalfeiertag
• Nationalmannschaft
• Nationalmeisterschaft
• Nationalsozialismus
• Nationalspieler

Further reading

• “national” in Duden online