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See also: populär

English

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Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *poplos
Old Latin populus
Latin populus
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin -āris
Latin populārislbor.
Old French populairebor.
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Latin populārisbor.
Middle English populer
English popular

    Inherited from Middle English populer, borrowed from Old French populaire, or borrowed from Latin populāris.

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    popular (comparative more popular, superlative most popular)

    1. Common among the general public; generally accepted. [from 15th c.]
      • 2007 August 23, Joe Queenan, The Guardian:
        Contrary to popular misconception, MacArthur Park is not the worst song ever written.
      • 2020 February 17, Fawaz Alasmari, “Caffeine induces neurobehavioral effects through modulating neurotransmitters”, in Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal‎[1], volume 28, number 4, →DOI, pages 445–451:
        Recent evidence demonstrates that caffeine addiction is becoming popular worldwide.
    2. (law) Concerning the people; public. [from 15th c.]
    3. Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public. [from 16th c.]
      • 1594, Richard Hooker, Preface:
        At the coming of Calvin thither, the form of their civil regiment was popular, as it continueth at this day: neither king, nor duke, nor nobleman of any authority or power over them, but officers chosen by the people out of themselves, to order all things with public consent.
      • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 645:
        Luther in popular memory had become a saint, his picture capable of saving houses from burning down, if it was fixed to the parlour wall.
      • 2009, Graham Smith, The Guardian, letter, 27 May 2009:
        Jonathan Freedland brilliantly articulates the size and nature of the challenge and we must take his lead in setting out a radical agenda for a new republic based on the principle of popular sovereignty.
    4. (obsolete) Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian. [16th–17th c.]
    5. Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption. [from 16th c.]
      • 2009 April 8, “Meltdown”, in The Economist:
        As a work of popular science it is exemplary: the focus may be the numbers, but most of the mathematical legwork is confined to the appendices and the accompanying commentary is amusing and witty, as well as informed.
    6. (obsolete) Cultivating the favour of the common people. [16th–18th c.]
      • 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, A Tragedy:
        Such popular humanity is treason.
    7. Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired. [from 17th c.]
      • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
        The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
      • 2011 October 2, The Observer:
        They might have split 24 years ago, but the Smiths remain as popular as ever, and not just among those who remember them first time around.
      • 2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist‎[2], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 15 July 2016, page 134:
        Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
      • 2024 November 21, Helen Regan, Isaac Yee and Eve Brennan, “Australian teens among six tourists dead as countries warn of suspected methanol poisonings in Laos”, in CNN‎[3]:
        The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng.
        The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot.
    8. Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap. [from 19th c.]

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    Noun

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    popular (plural populars)

    1. A person who is popular, especially at a school.
      • 2002, Stephen Tropiano, The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV, Hal Leonard Corporation, →ISBN:
        To pass time, Nicole (Tammy Lynn Michaels), the most vicious of the populars, decides they should play a little game. Earlier that day, in their feminist studies class, the women were discussing Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, a novel ...
    2. (chiefly in the plural) An inexpensive newspaper with wide circulation.
      • 1983, Jeremy Tunstall, The Media in Britain, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 75:
        Serious newspapers boomed; the populars became tabloid supplements to television, with the television schedules and related features increasingly the core of the newspaper.
    3. A member of the Populares
      • 1843, Thucydides, “The” History of the Grecian War, Translated by Thomas Hobbes, page 415:
        [...] when their ambassadors were come from Samos, and that they saw not only the populars, but also some others of their own party thought trusty before, to be now changed.

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    Catalan

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    Borrowed from Latin populāris.

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    popular m or f (masculine and feminine plural populars)

    1. popular (of the common people)
    2. popular (well-known, well-liked)

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    Chavacano

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Spanish popular (“popular”).

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    • Hyphenation: po‧pu‧lar

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    popular

    1. popular

    Galician

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    Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin populāris.

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    popular m or f (plural populares)

    1. popular (related to the general public)
    2. popular (liked by many)
      Antonym: impopular
    3. (by extension) popular; affordable

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    Polish

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Italic *poplos
    Old Latin populus
    Latin populus
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
    Proto-Italic *-ālis
    Latin -ālis
    Latin -āris
    Latin populārēslbor.
    Polish popular

      Learned borrowing from Latin populārēs.[1] First attested in the 20th century.[2]

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      • IPA(key): /pɔˈpu.lar/
      • Rhymes: -ular
      • Syllabification: po‧pu‧lar

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      popular m pers

      1. (Ancient Rome, politics) popular (member of the Populares)

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      Declension of popular
      singular plural
      nominative popular popularzy/popularowie/populary (deprecative)
      genitive populara popularów
      dative popularowi popularom
      accusative populara popularów
      instrumental popularem popularami
      locative popularze popularach
      vocative popularze popularzy/popularowie/populary (deprecative)

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      1. ^ Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “popular”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
      2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “popular”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

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      Portuguese

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      Etymology 1

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Italic *poplos
      Old Latin populus
      Latin populus
      Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
      Proto-Italic *-ālis
      Latin -ālis
      Latin -āris
      Latin populārislbor.
      Portuguese popular

        Learned borrowing from Latin populāris.

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        • Hyphenation: po‧pu‧lar

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        popular m or f (plural populares)

        1. popular (liked by many people)
          Esse sabor de sorvete é popular nessa região.
          That ice cream flavour is popular around those parts.
        2. popular (relating to the general public)
          Eles estudam a cultura popular.
          They study popular culture.
          • 2011, Edelvino Razzolini Filho, Administração da Pequena e Média Empresa, IESDE Brasil S.A., →ISBN, page 44:
            Convém, aqui, lembrar o ditado popular: amigos, amigos; negócios à parte. Caso o empreendedor saiba separar a amizade dos negócios, certamente estará em melhores condições para o sucesso.
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        3. popular (aimed at ordinary people)
          Um livro popular de programação.
          A popular programming book.
        4. (by extension) popular; affordable
          Synonym: barato
          Moradia popular.
          Low-income housing.
        5. (politics) democratic (involving the participation of the general public)
          Synonym: democrático
          Voto popular.
          Democratic vote.
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        popular m (plural populares)

        1. (formal) civilian (a person who is not working in the police or armed forces)
          Synonym: civil
          Populares ajudaram a encontrar o fugitivo.
          Civilians helped find the fugitive.

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        popular f (plural populares)

        1. cheap accommodation

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        • Hyphenation: po‧pu‧lar

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        popular (first-person singular present populo, first-person singular preterite populei, past participle populado)

        1. (databases) to populate (to add initial data to [a database])
        2. (rare) to populate
          Synonym: povoar
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            Conjugation of popular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
        Singular Plural
        First-person
        (eu)         		Second-person
        (tu)         		Third-person
        (ele / ela / você)         		First-person
        (nós)         		Second-person
        (vós)         		Third-person
        (eles / elas / vocês)
        Infinitive
        Impersonal popular
        Personal popular populares popular popularmos populardes popularem
        Gerund
        populando
        Past participle
        Masculine populado populados
        Feminine populada populadas
        Indicative
        Present populo populas popula populamos populais populam
        Imperfect populava populavas populava populávamos populáveis populavam
        Preterite populei populaste populou populamos1, populámos2 populastes popularam
        Pluperfect populara popularas populara populáramos populáreis popularam
        Future popularei popularás populará popularemos populareis popularão
        Conditional popularia popularias popularia popularíamos popularíeis populariam
        Subjunctive
        Present popule popules popule populemos populeis populem
        Imperfect populasse populasses populasse populássemos populásseis populassem
        Future popular populares popular popularmos populardes popularem
        Imperative
        Affirmative popula popule populemos populai populem
        Negative (não) não popules não popule não populemos não populeis não populem

        1Brazilian Portuguese.
        2European Portuguese.

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        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from Latin popularis, French populaire. By surface analysis, popul +‎ -ar.

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        popular m or n (feminine singular populară, masculine plural populari, feminine/neuter plural populare)

        1. popular (of the people)
        2. popular (well-liked)

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        Declension of popular
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
        nominative-
        accusative         		indefinite popular populară populari populare
        definite popularul populara popularii popularele
        genitive-
        dative         		indefinite popular populare populari populare
        definite popularului popularei popularilor popularelor
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        Etymology

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        Proto-Italic *poplos
        Old Latin populus
        Latin populus
        Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
        Proto-Italic *-ālis
        Latin -ālis
        Latin -āris
        Latin populārisbor.
        Spanish popular

          Borrowed from Latin populāris.

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          • IPA(key): /popuˈlaɾ/ [po.puˈlaɾ]
          • Rhymes: -aɾ
          • Syllabification: po‧pu‧lar

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          popular m or f (masculine and feminine plural populares)

          1. popular
            • 2015 July 25, David Marcial Pérez, “Cinepolis, el rey mexicano de las pantallas”, in El País‎[5], archived from the original on 10 November 2018:
              Desde la sala La Raza, en un barrio popular del norte de la capital, dieron el salto al formato multicines en 1973.
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            • 2019 February 17, Francisco Martínez Hoyos, “10 idiomas que se crearon de la nada”, in La Vanguardia‎[6], archived from the original on 11 August 2021:
              El klingon es el idioma que inventó en 1967 el lingüista Marc Okrand para un pueblo de guerreros humanoides en Star Trek, la popular saga de ciencia ficción.
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          2. (politics, Spain) Pertaining to PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party

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          popular m or f by sense (plural populares)

          1. (politics, Spain) a member or supporter of PP (Partido Popular), a Spanish political party

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          Etymology

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          Etymology tree
          Proto-Italic *poplos
          Old Latin populus
          Latin populus
          Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
          Proto-Italic *-ālis
          Latin -ālis
          Latin -āris
          Latin populārisbor.
          Spanish popularbor.
          Tagalog popular

            Borrowed from Spanish popular, borrowed from Latin populāris, from populus + -āris.

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            populár (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜉᜓᜎᜇ᜔)

            1. popular
              Synonyms: tanyag, sikat, bantog, kilala, prominente
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            References

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            • “popular”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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