vulgar en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- vŭlʹgər (US)
- /ˈvʌl.ɡɚ/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈvʌl.ɡə/ (UK)
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”), Proto-Slavic *valъ.
Meanings
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Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
1551, James A.H. Murray, editor, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society., volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1888, Part 1, page 217:vulgar words
Several years ago I interviewed the CEO of a car manufacturer whose products start in the six figures. He told me his customers could always afford to buy his cars, but in recessions they found it vulgar to do so.
2023 May 28, Robert Armstrong, “The world wobbles; the luxury industry strides on”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21:And, placed discreetly among these commonplaces, a few pieces of genuine quality, bizarrely distinguished by craftsmanship from the vulgar products of the machine.
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150:vulgar and highly distressing scenes
a truly vulgar showing of affection
vulgar language
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(derogatory, historical) Having to do with ordinary, common people.
The mechanical process of multiplying books had brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue within the reach of every class.
1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:Near-synonyms: vulgate; vulgarized
It might be more useful to the English reader […] to write in our vulgar language.
1661, John Fell, The Life of Dr. Hammond:Further, the same sacred name in other monuments precedes the vulgar name of King Takellothis, the sixth of the XXII. Dyn., as we have seen.
1860, G. Syffarth, “A Remarkable Seal in Dr. Abbott's Museum at New York”, in Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, page 265:
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(especially) Common, usual; of the typical kind.
vulgar bush brown (Bicyclus vulgaris)
A vulture (V. aura), probably the Acabiry first described by Azara, is here called […] the hunter. It resembles in form the vulgar bird, but it flies high. The head is red, and the wings are black with silver lining, like the noble Bateleur of Africa.
1869, Richard Francis Burton, The Highlands of the Brazil, page 85:
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Being a vulgar fraction.
A fraction is vulgar if it has one integer divided by another integer, as long as the integer that's doing the dividing isn't equal to zero.
2022, Mary Jane Sterling, Algebra II All-in-One For Dummies, page 282:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vulgarer | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| vulgare | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most vulgar | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| vulgarest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more vulgar | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Coordinates
offensive · disparaging · derogatory
Deriveds
vulgar Marxism · vulgarize · Vulgar Latin · vulgarization · vulgarist · vulgarish · Vulgar Era · vulgar fraction (ordinary) · unvulgar · vulgarian (obscene) · vulgate (ordinary) · invulgar · vulgarism · nonvulgar · vulgarity (obscene) · vulgarise · supravulgar · vulgarness · Vulgate (ordinary) · vulgarly · vulgar fraction
Synonyms
ribaudrous · par · slutty · profane · customary · racy · impure · ribald · mundane · slutlike · typical · congruent · unstrange · basic · indecent · regular · tarty · filthy · vulgate · common-or-garden · plain vanilla · par for the course · near the knuckle · naughty · popular · vulgar · debased · commonplace · off-colour · shocking · mean · coarse · tartish · improminent · ignoble · mucky · consistent · salacious · crass · medial · customary · normal · run-of-the-mill · standard issue · common · gross · dirty · harlot · average · uncouth · common-and-garden · vulgarized · risqué · natural · standard · rorty · saucy · ithyphallic · spicy · routine · ordinary · common · raunchy · usual · quotidian · conventional · crude · trampy · ordinary · offensive · workaday · adult · expected · bog-standard · typical · plebeian · inappropriate · blue · smutty · wakeaday · plain · licentious · ribaudred · vulgar · sluttish · bawdy · obscene · unexceptional · cheeky · unremarkable · garden variety · lewd · everyday
Translations (157)
cs vulgární (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · cmn 粗俗 (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · nl gemeen (having to do with common people) · de unfein (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ro comun (having to do with common people) · fi rahvaanomainen (having to do with common people) · nl obsceen (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · it volgare (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · nl gewoon (having to do with common people) · nb vulgær (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · af volks (having to do with common people) · ota بیاغی (having to do with common people) · de ordinär (having to do with common people) · bg непристо́ен (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · sv pöbelaktig (having to do with common people) · hy կոպիտ (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · sa अनार्य (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · af platvloers (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ja 卑しい (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · pt comum (having to do with common people) · de unanständig (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · af gewoon (having to do with common people) · fi kansanomainen (having to do with common people) · arz بذىء (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de volkstümlich (having to do with common people) · ca vulgar (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ka საყოველთა (having to do with common people) · id tak senonoh (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · id kotor (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ast vulgar (having to do with common people) · cmn 平民的 (having to do with common people) · hu közönséges (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de gewöhnlich (having to do with common people) · ja 庶民的な (having to do with common people) · cs lidový (having to do with common people) · cmn 鄙俗 (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · hu vulgáris (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · sl ljudski (having to do with common people) · fi alatyylinen (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · pl wulgarny (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · bg вулга́рен (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · el πρόστυχος (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · pt popular (having to do with common people) · da gemen (having to do with common people) · nl vulgair (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de ungehobelt (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · id cabul (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · eo vulgara (having to do with common people) · af algemeen (having to do with common people) · da obskøn (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · hi वल्गर (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ka ვულგარული (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · id jorok (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · fr vulgaire (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · eo vulgara (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · hu durva (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · nl smakeloos (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · hu otromba (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ka უხეში (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de vulgär (having to do with common people) · id vulgar (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · sl vulgaren (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · tr kaba (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · nl ruw (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · sq vulgar (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ro vulgar (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de gemein (having to do with common people) · af ongepoets (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · cs hrubý (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · da vulgær (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · grc φορτικός (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · he הֲמוֹנִי (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · pl obsceniczny (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ru неприли́чный (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · fa مبتذل (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · sv vulgär (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ast vulgar (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · gu બીભત્સ (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de Volks- (having to do with common people) · gu અશ્લીલ (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · eo triviala (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de vulgärsprachlich (having to do with common people) · arz شعبى (having to do with common people) · th หยาบคาย (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · fi rivo (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · pt vulgar (having to do with common people) · es vulgar (having to do with common people) · es chabacano (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ro grosolan (having to do with common people) · pt obsceno (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ka უკმეხი (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · fi sivistymätön (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · cmn 庶民的 (having to do with common people) · da vulgær (having to do with common people) · he ווּלְגָרִי (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · gd gràisgeil (having to do with common people) · fr obscène (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · es shumo (having to do with common people) · ru непристо́йный (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · el αγοραίος (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · nn vulgær (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · bg неприли́чен (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · sv gemen (having to do with common people) · da uanstændig (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · hu trágár (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ru простонаро́дный (having to do with common people) · uk непристо́йний (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ja 汚い (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · pt vulgar (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · nl ordinair (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ar بَذِيء (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · be непрысто́йны (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · af onbeskaaf (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ast porcaz (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · te అశ్లీలము (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · sv pöbel- (having to do with common people) · es ramplón (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · cs sprostý (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · fi vulgaari (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ka მდარე (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · el χυδαίος (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ca vulgar (having to do with common people) · ro obscen (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de ungebildet (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · pt indecente (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · af vulgêr (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · da ordinær (having to do with common people) · it osceno (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · hi अश्लील (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · it triviale (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ja 平民の (having to do with common people) · da grov (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ro ordinar (having to do with common people) · grc βάναυσος (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · da simpel (having to do with common people) · el κοινός (having to do with common people) · bg простонароден (having to do with common people) · cs prostý (having to do with common people) · be вульга́рны (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ru вульга́рный (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de vulgär (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de vulgärsprachlich (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ka გლეხური (having to do with common people) · uk вульга́рний (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · lkt šikšíl (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · nl ordinair (having to do with common people) · gl vulgar (having to do with common people) · nl volks (having to do with common people) · gl vulgar (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · es vulgar (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · da plat (having to do with common people) · fa رکیک (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · ru по́шлый (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · de allgemein (having to do with common people) · it indecente (distasteful, uncouth, obscene) · cmn 百姓的 (having to do with common people)