burges

See also: Burges and burgès

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• borges, borjes, burzes

Etymology

From Medieval Latin burgēnsis. By surface analysis, burgo +‎ -es.

Cognate with Old French borgeis and Old Spanish burzés.

Noun

burges m (plural burgeses, feminine burgesa, feminine plural burges)

1. burgher (citizen of a borough or town)

Descendants

• Galician: burgués
• Portuguese: burguês (see there for further descendants)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “burges”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “b@rges”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “burges”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “burguês”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• burgis

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burgués, from Latin burgensis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buɾˈɡes/ [bʊɾˈɡɛs]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: bur‧ges

Adjective

burgés (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜄᜒᜐ᜔)

1. bourgeois; of the middle class
2. of high society

Noun

burgés (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜄᜒᜐ᜔)

1. bourgeois; middle class
2. person of high society

Related terms

• burgesya
• petiburges
• petiburgesya

Further reading

• “burges”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “burges”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018