poporan
Romanian
Etymology
From popor + -an, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin populānus, from Latin populus (compare Italian popolano). Alternatively, an early borrowing from the Italian. However, it has been attested since the early 17th century and may be a popular or hereditary term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po.poˈran/
Noun
poporan m (plural poporani)
- (dated, regional) parishioner
- (obsolete) peasant, villager, or member of the population in general
Declension
Declension of poporan
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) poporan | poporanul | (niște) poporani | poporanii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) poporan | poporanului | (unor) poporani | poporanilor |
| vocative | poporanule | poporanilor | ||
Synonyms
- (parishioner): enoriaș, parohian (archaic)
Adjective
poporan m or n (feminine singular poporană, masculine plural poporani, feminine and neuter plural poporane)
- (dated, archaic, popular) popular, of the common people
- a supporter of poporanism, a populist socio-political movement stressing the peasantry and farmers as the backbone of social development
Declension
Declension of poporan
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | poporan | poporană | poporani | poporane | ||
| definite | poporanul | poporana | poporanii | poporanele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | poporan | poporane | poporani | poporane | ||
| definite | poporanului | poporanei | poporanilor | poporanelor | |||
Synonyms
- (popular): popular
Derived terms
- poporanism