borghesia

Italian

Etymology

From borghese (“bourgeois”) +‎ -ia (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • IPA(key): /bor.ɡeˈzi.a/, (traditional) /bor.ɡeˈsi.a/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: bor‧ghe‧sì‧a

Noun

borghesia f (plural borghesie)

  1. middle classes
    Synonym: classe media
  2. bourgeoisie

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