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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Vulgar \Vul"gar\, n. [Cf. F. vulgaire.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.]
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              These vile vulgars are extremely proud. --Chapman.
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     2. The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Vulgar \Vul"gar\, a. [L. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude,
     the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. F. vulgaire. Cf.
     Divulge.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people;
        common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use;
        vernacular. ``As common as any the most vulgar thing to
        sense. '' -- Shak.
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              Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the
              praise.                               --Milton.
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              It might be more useful to the English reader . . .
              to write in our vulgar language.      --Bp. Fell.
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              The mechanical process of multiplying books had
              brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue
              within the reach of every class.      --Bancroft.
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     2. Belonging or relating to the common people, as
        distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining
        to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished;
        hence, sometimes, of little or no value. ``Like the vulgar
        sort of market men.'' --Shak.
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              Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar
              life.                                 --Addison.
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              In reading an account of a battle, we follow the
              hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on
              the
              vulgar heaps of slaughter.            --Rambler.
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     3. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish;
        also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low;
        coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or
        manners.
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              Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak.
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     Vulgar fraction. (Arith.) See under Fraction.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Vulgar \Vul"gar\, a. [L. vulgaris, from vulgus the multitude,
     the common people; of uncertain origin: cf. F. vulgaire. Cf.
     Divulge.]
     1. Of or pertaining to the mass, or multitude, of people;
        common; general; ordinary; public; hence, in general use;
        vernacular. ``As common as any the most vulgar thing to
        sense. '' -- Shak.
  
              Things vulgar, and well-weighed, scarce worth the
              praise.                               --Milton.
  
              It might be more useful to the English reader . . .
              to write in our vulgar language.      --Bp. Fell.
  
              The mechanical process of multiplying books had
              brought the New Testament in the vulgar tongue
              within the reach of every class.      --Bancroft.
  
     2. Belonging or relating to the common people, as
        distinguished from the cultivated or educated; pertaining
        to common life; plebeian; not select or distinguished;
        hence, sometimes, of little or no value. ``Like the vulgar
        sort of market men.'' --Shak.
  
              Men who have passed all their time in low and vulgar
              life.                                 --Addison.
  
              In reading an account of a battle, we follow the
              hero with our whole attention, but seldom reflect on
              the vulgar heaps of slaughter.        --Rambler.
  
     3. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; rustic; boorish;
        also, offensive to good taste or refined feelings; low;
        coarse; mean; base; as, vulgar men, minds, language, or
        manners.
  
              Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. --Shak.
  
     Vulgar fraction. (Arith.) See under Fraction.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Vulgar \Vul"gar\, n. [Cf. F. vulgaire.]
     1. One of the common people; a vulgar person. [Obs.]
  
              These vile vulgars are extremely proud. --Chapman.
  
     2. The vernacular, or common language. [Obs.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  vulgar
       adj 1: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
              manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded
              him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human
              being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy";
              "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the
              vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn: coarse, common,
               rough-cut, uncouth]
       2: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the
          common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior
          that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose";
          "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
          [syn: common, plebeian, unwashed]
       3: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
          language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term";
          "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses";
          "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
          [syn: common, vernacular]
       4: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language";
          "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of
          humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar
          gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been
          edited" [syn: coarse, crude, earthy, gross]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vulgar
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 κοινός
     2 χυδαίος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vulgar
     Catalan a.
     (l en vulgar)
     Galician a.
     1 common to the people, (l en vulgar)
     2 ordinary, undistinguished
     3 popular, commonly understood, as opposed to scientific or technical
     4 simple, unintelligent
     Galician n.
     (l en vulgar) (gloss: the vernacular tongue or common language of a
  country)
     Romanian a.
     (l en vulgar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  vulgar
     a.
     1 debased, uncouth, distasteful, obscene.
     2 (lb en classical sense) Having to do with ordinary, common people.
     3 (lb en especially taxonomy) common, usual; of the typical kind.
     n.
     (lb en classicism) A common, ordinary person.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  vulgar
     Catalan a.
     (l en vulgar)
     Galician a.
     1 common to the people, (l en vulgar)
     2 ordinary, undistinguished
     3 popular, commonly understood, as opposed to scientific or technical
     4 simple, unintelligent
     Galician n.
     (l en vulgar) (gloss: the vernacular tongue or common language of a
  country)
     Romanian a.
     (l en vulgar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  vulgar
     Catalan a.
     (l en vulgar)
     Galician a.
     1 common to the people, (l en vulgar)
     2 ordinary, undistinguished
     3 popular, commonly understood, as opposed to scientific or technical
     4 simple, unintelligent
     Galician n.
     (l en vulgar) (gloss: the vernacular tongue or common language of a
  country)
     Spanish a.
     (l en vulgar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vulgar
     Espanja a.
     rahvaanomainen, vulgaari

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vulgar
     Portugisiska a.
     vulgär
     Spanska a.
     vulgär

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/
  فظّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  vulgar //ˈvʌl.ɡə// //ˈvʌl.ɡɚ// 
  1. вулга́рен, неприли́чен, непристо́ен
  distasteful, uncouth, obscene
  2. простонароден
  having to do with common people

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/
  sprostý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/
  ganz gewöhnlich, unfein, primitiv, ordinär  [geh.]
     Synonyms: ordinary, unrefined
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/
  ordinär, vulgär [geh.]
           Note: Person oder Ausdrucksweise, unflätig 
           Note: Ausdrucksweise
     Synonym: foul-mouthed
  
   see: vulgar children
  
           Note: of a person or their speech

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/
  
  βάναυσος, χυδαίος, πρόστυχος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  vulgar //ˈvʌl.ɡə// //ˈvʌl.ɡɚ// 
  1. alatyylinen, rivo, sivistymätön, vulgaari
  distasteful, uncouth, obscene
  2. rahvaanomainen, kansanomainen
  having to do with common people

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  vulgar /vʌlgər/
  1. trivial
  2. vulgaire

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/ 
  1. असंस्कृत
        "He made a vulgar remark"
  2. अशिष्ट
        "His behaviour is vulgar"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/
  grub, običan, prost, vulgaran

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/
  1. közönségesen használt
  2. útszéli
  3. durva
  4. közönséges
  5. otromba
  6. általánosan használt
  7. közkeletû
  8. vulgáris

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  vulgar //ˈvʌl.ɡə// //ˈvʌl.ɡɚ// 
  cabul, jorok, kotor, tak senonoh, vulgar
  distasteful, uncouth, obscene

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/
  volgare

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  vulgar //ˈvʌl.ɡə// //ˈvʌl.ɡɚ// 
  1. 卑しい, 汚い
  distasteful, uncouth, obscene
  2. 平民, 庶民的
  having to do with common people

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  vulgar /vʌlgər/
  neskoningas, vulgarus

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  vulgar /vʌlgər/
  1. onbenullig, plat, triviaal, vulgair
  2. alledaags, grof, ordinair

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  vulgar //ˈvʌl.ɡə// //ˈvʌl.ɡɚ// 
  vulgær 2.
  distasteful, uncouth, obscene
   3.
  having to do with common people

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  vulgar /ˈvʌlgə/ 
    wulgarny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  vulgar /vʌlgər/
  1. trivial
  2. comum, ordinário, vulgar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  vulgar //ˈvʌl.ɡə// //ˈvʌl.ɡɚ// 
  1. vulgär
  distasteful, uncouth, obscene
  2. vulgär, gemen, pöbel-, pöbelaktig
  having to do with common people

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  vulgar /vˈʌlɡə/
  1. kaba, terbiyesiz
  2. aşağılık
  3. bayağı, umumi, adi, umuma mahsus
  4. pespaye
  5. halka ait (dil) vulgar fraction bayağı kesir. vulgar superstitions halka mahsus batıl itikatlar. the vulgar herd halk sürüsü avam
  6. ayak takımı. vulgarly  kabaca, terbiyesizce.

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  vulgar
  vulgar

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  vulgar
  vulgar

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  vulgar
  vulgar

From Portuguese-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:por-deu ]

  vulgar /vˌolˈupjæ/
  1. abgedroschen, banal, fade
  2. üblich, verständlich, vulgär

From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:por-eng ]

  vulgar /vˌolˈupjæ/
  1. commonplace, dismal, trite
  2. common, everyday, vulgar

From português-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:por-spa ]

  vulgar /vuwɡˈaɹ/ 
  vulgar
  (relativo ou pertencente ao vulgo)

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  vulgar /bulɣˈaɾ/
  vulgar

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  vulgar /bulɣˈaɾ/
  vulgar

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈvəɫɡɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  173 Moby Thesaurus words for "vulgar":
     Doric, average, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, barnyard, base,
     baseborn, below the salt, blatant, blue, boorish, brazen,
     brazenfaced, broad, cacophonous, caddish, chintzy, clumsy, coarse,
     cockney, colloquial, colorful, common, commonplace, conversational,
     crass, crude, demeaning, dirty, disadvantaged, doggerel,
     dysphemistic, earthy, everyday, extravagant, filthy, flagrant,
     flaring, flash, flaunting, frank, garish, gauche, gaudy, general,
     glaring, gorgeous, graceless, gross, gutter, harsh, homely,
     homespun, household, humble, idiomatic, ignoble, ill-bred,
     improper, impure, in bad taste, in the shade, inappropriate,
     inconcinnate, inconcinnous, inconsiderate, incorrect, indecent,
     indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, infelicitous, inferior,
     infra dig, insensitive, junior, lascivious, less, lesser, lewd,
     licentious, loathsome, loud, loutish, louty, low, low-class,
     lowborn, lowbred, lower, lowly, lurid, lustful, mean, meretricious,
     minor, modest, nasty, naughty, nonclerical, obscene, obtrusive,
     off color, offensive, ordinary, ostentatious, outlandish, plain,
     plebeian, popular, pornographic, profane, rank, raunchy, raw,
     repulsive, revolting, ribald, risque, rough, rude, salacious,
     scatological, screaming, second rank, second string, secondary,
     sensational, servile, shabby-genteel, shameless, smutty,
     spectacular, spoken, sub, subaltern, subject, subordinate,
     subservient, tactless, tasteless, tawdry, third rank, third string,
     third-estate, unbecoming, unbeseeming, uncourtly, uncouth,
     uncultivated, uncultured, underprivileged, undignified,
     uneuphonious, unfelicitous, unfeminine, unfitting, ungenteel,
     ungentle, ungentlemanly, ungraceful, unladylike, unpolished,
     unrefined, unseemly, unsolicitous, unsuitable, untasteful,
     vernacular, vile, vulgate, wild
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 粗俗的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 粗俗的,庸俗的,普通的,通俗的,本土的

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