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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba pœpl/ ~ /bɑ pœpl/
Noun
bas peuple m (uncountable)
- (often derogatory) the little people, the populace, the plebs, the great unwashed, the unwashed masses, the lower orders, the masses, hoi polloi (the lower class)
- Synonyms: plèbe, populace, prolétariat, vulgum pecus, petites gens, gens de peu
Usage notes
Always used with the definite article le.