borghese

See also: Borghese

Italian

Alternative forms
  • borgése

Etymology

From borgo +‎ -ese < Late Latin burgus, or through burgensis. Compare French bourgeois, Spanish burgués, English burgess.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /borˈɡe.ze/, (traditional) /borˈɡe.se/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eze, (traditional) -ese
  • Hyphenation: bor‧ghé‧se

Adjective

borghese (plural borghesi, superlative borghesissimo)

  1. middle-class, bourgeois
  2. civilian
    Synonym: civile
    in borghese ― civilian clothes/plain clothes

Noun

borghese m or f by sense (plural borghesi)

  1. middle-class person, bourgeois
  2. civilian
    Synonym: civile

Derived terms

References
  1. borghese in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading
  • borghese in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • borghese in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • borghese in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • borghese in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • borghese in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • borghese in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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