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plebe

Spanish, noun/ˈplebe/

plebe is spelled P-L-E-B-E (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,514th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plebe is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “plebeians, common people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Por analogía, estamento de la sociedad medieval, formado por quienes no integraban el clero ni la nobleza”.

What does plebe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineplebeians, common people

  2. 2

    feminineplebs

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfemininemasculinekid, child

  2. 2

    femininemasculinekids, children, mass noun, compare with gente usage

    ¿Dónde está la plebe?

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Estamento de la sociedad de la antigua Roma, formado por personas libres pero carentes de los privilegios religiosos y políticos de los patricios 2. Por analogía, estamento de la sociedad medieval, formado por quienes no integraban el clero ni la nobleza 3. Por extensión, conjunto de las capas populares de una sociedad, aunque no sea esta estamentaria 4. Niño, chico, joven, inexperto

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of plebe

  • plebes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce plebe?

  • /ˈplebe/
  • [ˈple.β̞e]
  • [ˈpleβ̞e]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to plebe

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is plebe in Spanish?

plebe appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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