People

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin populus, people

Noun

people (collective and common noun; plural peoples)

1. (collectively) A plural of person.
2. A group of people (in sense 1) all belonging to the same ethnic class.
3. (especially in politics) The people (in sense 1) of a country.
4. folk

Translations

• Breton: tud plural (1), pobl f -où (2,3)
• Chinese:人们; 人民 (renmin, ren2min2)
• Dutch: mensen m plural (1), volk n (2,3)
• Esperanto: homoj , popolo
• Finnish: ihmiset plural (1), kansa (2, 3), väestö (3)
• French: gens m plural, peuple m
• German: Leute ?, plural (1), Volk n (2)
• Interlingua: personas plural (1), populo (2, 3)
• Italian: gente
• Japanese: 人々, 国民 , 庶民
• Latin: populus m, gens f (2)
• Lithuanian: žmonės m, pl (1), liaudis f (3)
• Portuguese: pessoas f plural (1), povo m (2, 3)
• Romanian: oameni m (1), popor f (2)
• Spanish: gente f, pueblo m
• Swedish: personer (1), folk (2,3), folkslag (2)
• Turkish: halk [-kı]
• Vietnamese: nhân dân