popular
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English
Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Etymology
Latin popularis, from populus (“people”): compare French populaire. See people
Pronunciation
Adjective
popular (comparative more popular, superlative most popular)
- Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections.
- popular states - Francis Bacon
- So the popular vote inclines. - John Milton
- The commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. - John Henry Newman
- Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
- Homilies are plain popular instructions. - Richard Hooker
- Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.
- The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account. - Holland?.
- Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration.
- (rare) Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.
- Such popular humanity is treason. - Joseph Addison
- (obsolete) Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. - Samuel Johnson
Antonyms
Derived terms
- pop; pop art
- Popular action, (Law): an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute. - w:William Blackstone
References
- popular in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Catalan
Etymology
Latin popularis
Adjective
popular m.
- popular (relating to people)
Romanian
Etymology
French populaire
Pronunciation
- IPA: [po.puˈlar]
Adjective
popular 4 nom/acc forms
Declension
declension of popular| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | popular | popular | populară | populari | populare | populare |
| definite | popularul | popularul | populara | popularii | popularele | popularele | |
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | popular | popular | populare | populari | populare | populare |
| definite | popularului | popularului | popularei | popularilor | popularelor | popularelor | |
Spanish
Adjective
popular m. and f. (plural populares)
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