burges
Old Galician-Portuguese
Alternative forms
- borges, borjes, burzes
Etymology
From Medieval Latin burgēnsis. By surface analysis, burgo + -es.
Cognate with Old French borgeis and Old Spanish burzés.
Noun
burges m (plural burgeses, feminine burgesa, feminine plural burges)
- burgher (citizen of a borough or town)
Descendants
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “burges”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “b@rges”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “burges”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
- Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “burguês”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish burgués, from Latin burgensis.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buɾˈɡes/ [bʊɾˈɡɛs]
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: bur‧ges
Adjective
burgés (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜄᜒᜐ᜔)
- bourgeois; of the middle class
- of high society
Noun
burgés (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜄᜒᜐ᜔)
Related terms
- burgesya
- petiburges
- petiburgesya
Further reading
- “burges”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “burges”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018