upper class

See also: upper-class

English

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upper class

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌʌpəˈklɑːs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌʌpɚˈklæs/

Noun

upper class (plural upper classes)

1. Those people at the top of a social hierarchy.
2. The aristocracy.

Synonyms

• the quality

Coordinate terms

• middle class
• professional class
• working class

Related terms

• upper-class

Translations

those people at the top of a social hierarchy

Catalan: classe alta f Danish: overklasse c Dutch: bovenklasse (nl) f Finnish: yläluokka (fi) Galician: clase alta f Georgian: მაღალი კლასი (maɣali ḳlasi), მაღალი კლასის საზოგადოება (maɣali ḳlasis sazogadoeba) German: Oberschicht (de) f Macedonian: ви́сока кла́са f (vísoka klása) Norwegian: Bokmål: overklasse (no) m or f Nynorsk: overklasse m or f Polish: klasa wyższa f Portuguese: classe alta (pt) f Romanian: clasa superioară f, aristocrație (ro) f Russian: вы́сший класс m (výsšij klass) Spanish: clase alta f Swedish: överklass (sv) c Thai: ชนชั้นสูง Turkish: üst tabaka (tr), üst sınıf (tr)

aristocracy

Catalan: classe alta f Dutch: aristocratie (nl) f Finnish: yläluokka (fi) French: aristocratie (fr) f Galician: aristocracia (gl) f German: Adelsschicht (de) f Macedonian: ви́сока кла́са f (vísoka klása) Polish: arystokracja (pl) f, szlachta (pl) f Romanian: aristocrație (ro) f Russian: вы́сший класс m (výsšij klass), аристокра́тия (ru) f (aristokrátija) Swedish: överklass (sv) c