vox populi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vox populi (“voice of the people”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɒks ˈpɒpjuːlaɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

vox populi

1. voice of the people.
2. (politics) The public comment portion of a public meeting.
   • 2001 February 22, Eric Lipton, “Vox Populi Aside, Power to the City Council”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “To the extent that the Council passed a local law amending the Charter and the Council represents the people, it may be considered that the vox populi, which secured the initiated legislation, changed its own voice,” Justice Arthur E. Blyn of State Supreme Court wrote in the lower-court decision in 1987.

Synonyms

• vox pop, vox (abbreviation)

Translations

voice of the people

• Armenian: ձայն բազմաց (jayn bazmacʻ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民聲 / 民声 (zh) (mínshēng)

• Estonian: rahva hääl
• Finnish: kansan ääni
• French: vox populi (fr) f, voix du peuple f, opinion publique (fr) f
• German: öffentliche Meinung f, Stimmen aus dem Volk f pl, Publikumsmeinungen f pl
• Latin: vōx populī f
• Polish: vox populi (pl) m
• Russian: го́лос наро́да m (gólos naróda), глас наро́да m (glas naróda), обще́ственное мне́ние (ru) n (obščéstvennoje mnénije)

See also

• public opinion
• opinion poll

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin vōx populī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔks ˈpɔ.pu.li/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Syllabification: vox po‧pu‧li

Noun

vox populi m inan (indeclinable)

1. (literary, sociology) vox populi (public opinion which influences decisions on many important issues)

   Synonyms: opinia publiczna, ulica

Further reading

• vox populi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• vox populi in Polish dictionaries at PWN