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Webster 1913 Edition

Popular

Pop′u-lar

,
Adj.
[L.
popularis
, fr.
populus
people: cf. F.
populaire
. See
People
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion;
as, the
popular
voice;
popular
elections.
“Popular states.”
Bacon.
“So the popular vote inclines.”
Milton.
The men commonly held in
popular
estimation are greatest at a distance.
J. H. Newman.
2.
Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
Homilies are plain
popular
instructions.
Hooker.
3.
Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior;
as,
popular
prices;
popular
amusements.
The smallest figs, called
popular
figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account.
Holland.
4.
Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people;
as, a
popular
preacher; a
popular
law; a
popular
administration.
5.
Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.
[R.]
Such
popular
humanity is treason.
Addison.
6.
Prevailing among the people; epidemic;
as, a
popular
disease
.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
Popular action
(Law)
,
an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute.
Blackstone.

Webster 1828 Edition

Popular

POP'ULAR

,
Adj.
[L. popularis. See People.]
1.
Pertaining to the common people; as the popular voice; popular elections.
So the popular vote inclines.
2.
Suitable to common people; familiar; plain; easy to be comprehended; not critical or abstruse.
Homilies are plain and popular instructions.
3.
Beloved by the people; enjoying the favor of the people; pleasing to people in general; as a popular governor; a popular preacher; a popular ministry; a popular discourse; a popular administration; a popular war or peace. Suspect the man who endeavors to make that popular which is wrong.
4.
Ambitious; studious of the favor of the people.
A popular man is in truth no better than a prostitute to common fame and to the people.
[This sense is not used. It is more customary to apply this epithet to a person who has already gained the favor of the people.]
5.
Prevailing among the people; extensively prevalent; as a popular disease.
6.
In law, a popular action is one which gives a penalty to the person that sues for the same.
[Note. Popular, at least in the United States, is not synonymous with vulgar; the latter being applied to the lower classes of people, the illiterate and low bred; the former is applied to all classes, or to the body of the people, including a great portion at least of well educated citizens.]

Definition 2024

populär

populär

See also: popular and populær

German

Adjective

populär ‎(comparative populärer, superlative am populärsten)

  1. (beloved or approved by the people) popular

Declension

Comparative forms of populär
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist populärer sie ist populärer es ist populärer sie sind populärer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative populärerer populärere populäreres populärere
genitive populäreren populärerer populäreren populärerer
dative populärerem populärerer populärerem populäreren
accusative populäreren populärere populäreres populärere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der populärere die populärere das populärere die populäreren
genitive des populäreren der populäreren des populäreren der populäreren
dative dem populäreren der populäreren dem populäreren den populäreren
accusative den populäreren die populärere das populärere die populäreren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein populärerer eine populärere ein populäreres (keine) populäreren
genitive eines populäreren einer populäreren eines populäreren (keiner) populäreren
dative einem populäreren einer populäreren einem populäreren (keinen) populäreren
accusative einen populäreren eine populärere ein populäreres (keine) populäreren

Luxembourgish

Adjective

populär ‎(masculine populären, neuter populäert, comparative méi populär, superlative am populäersten)

  1. popular

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From French populaire, from Latin populāris. Compare Norwegian and Danish populær, English popular.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æːr

Adjective

populär

  1. popular (beloved or approved by the people)

Declension

Inflection of populär
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular populär populärare populärast
Neuter singular populärt populärare populärast
Plural populära populärare populärast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 populäre populärare populäraste
All populära populärare populäraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms

See also

  • folkkär
  • folklig

Pronunciation

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