From French prolétariat (“proletariats as a class; state of being a proletariat”), from Latin prōlētārius (“belonging to the lowest class of citizens, whose only contribution to the state was their offspring; member of this class”) + French -at (suffix denoting actions or the results of actions).^[1] Prōlētārius is derived from prōlēs (“offspring, posterity”) + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, or forming nouns denoting agents of use from other nouns); prōlēs is from pro- (prefix meaning ‘bringing forth or into being; bringing into the open’) + *olēs (a variant of *oleō (“to grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”)).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹəʊ.lɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/
• (General American) enPR: prō'lĭ-târʹē-ət, IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊ.lɪˈtɛɚ.i.ət/

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• Hyphenation: pro‧le‧ta‧ri‧at

proletariat (plural proletariats)

1. (often derogatory, also figuratively) The lowest class of society; also, the lower classes of society generally; the masses.

   Synonym: proletary

2. (Marxism) Wage earners collectively; people who own no capital and depend on their labour for survival; the working class, especially when seen as engaged in a class struggle with the bourgeoisie (“the capital-owning class”).

   Synonyms: proletarian, proletary, prole

   Antonym: bourgeoisie

   Coordinate term: salariat

   • 1848 February, Karl Marx; Frederick Engels [i.e., Friedrich Engels], “Bourgeois and Proletarians”, in Samuel Moore, transl., Manifesto of the Communist Party.[…], 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: National Executive Committee of the Socialist Labor Party, published 1898, →OCLC, page 27:

     Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie to-day, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class. The other classes decay and finally disappear in the face of modern industry; the proletariat is its special and essential product.

3. (chiefly Ancient Rome, historical) The lowest class of citizens, who had no property and few rights, and were regarded as contributing only their offspring to the state.

   Synonyms: proletarian, proletary

• proletariate

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Borrowed from Russian пролетариа́т (proletariát), from French prolétariat.

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proletariat (definite accusative proletariatı, plural proletariatlar)

1. proletariat

• “proletariat” in Obastan.com.

From Latin prōlētārius (“a man whose only wealth is his offspring, or whose sole service to the state is as father”) +‎ -at, from proles (“offspring, posterity”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.lə.tə.ɾiˈat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.lə.tə.ɾiˈat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.le.ta.ɾiˈat]

proletariat m (plural proletariats)

1. proletariat

• “proletariat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “proletariat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “proletariat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “proletariat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From French prolétariat.

proletariat n (singular definite proletariatet, plural indefinite proletariater)

1. proletariat

• proletar (“proletarian”)
• arbejderklasse (“working class”)

• “proletariat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Dutch proletariaat.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /prolətaˈriat/ [pro.lə.t̪aˈri.at̪̚]
• Syllabification: pro‧le‧ta‧ri‧at

prolêtariat (plural proletariat-proletariat)

1. proletariat (lowest class of society)
2. proletariat (wage-earners collectively)

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• “proletariat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from French prolétariat.

• IPA^(key): /prɔ.lɛˈta.rjat/

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• Rhymes: -arjat
• Syllabification: pro‧le‧ta‧riat
• Homophone: Proletariat

proletariat m inan (related adjective proletariacki)

1. (collective, Marxism) proletariat (working class or lower class)
2. (Ancient Rome, collective, historical) proletariat (lowest class of citizens in Rome)

• proletariat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• proletariat in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• proletariat in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from French prolétariat.

proletariat n (uncountable)

1. proletariat

proletariat n

1. proletariat

• proletär (“proletarian”)
• utsugare (“exploiter”)

• “proletariat”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “proletariat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “proletariat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

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