vulgarian
/vʌlˈɡɛəɹi.ən/noun, adjective
vulgarian is a noun meaning “A vulgar individual, especially one who emphasizes or is oblivious to his or her vulgar qualities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-U-L-G-A-R-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vulgarian is vulgarians.
What does vulgarian mean?
noun
- 1
A vulgar individual, especially one who emphasizes or is oblivious to his or her vulgar qualities.
adjective
- 1
Having the characteristics of a vulgarian, vulgar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vulgarian?
- UK /vʌlˈɡɛəɹi.ən/
- US /vʌlˈɡɛəɹi.ən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vulgarian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vulgarian
- vulgarians plural
- more vulgarian comparative
- most vulgarian superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vulgarian?
Vulgarian appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vulgarian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Pöbel, Plebejer |
| Portuguese | indivíduo/pessoa vulgar , vulgar |
| Spanish | vulgar , vulgariano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vulgarian come from?
From vulgar + -ian. Compare Late Latin vulgārius, Latin vulgāris.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).