populaire
French, noun/pɔ.py.lɛʁ/
populaire is spelled P-O-P-U-L-A-I-R-E (9 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written French, the 1,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Populaire is a French masculine noun meaning “populace, the people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Le peuple ; la populace”.
What does populaire mean in English?
adjective
- 1
people's; of the people
tribunal populaire
- 2
working-class
- 3
colloquial
dans la langue populaire
- 4
folk
étymologie populaire
- 5
popular (liked by many people)
noun
- 1
masculinepopulace, the people
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne le peuple ; qui appartient au peuple. 2. En particulier, la partie du peuple la moins aisée et/ou la moins diplômée. 3. Qui est répandu jusque dans le peuple. 4. Dont la souveraineté est dans les mains du peuple, en parlant de forme de gouvernement, d'État.
noun: 1. Le peuple ; la populace.
noun: 1. Personnage qui, dans un groupe humain, fait l'objet d'un culte.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of populaire
- populaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce populaire?
- /pɔ.py.lɛʁ/
- \pɔ.py.lɛʁ\
- [pɔ.py.lɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to populaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is populaire in French?
populaire appears 63 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).