People

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Etymology

From Latin populus, people

Noun

people (collective and common noun; plural peoples)

(collectively) A plural of person.
A group of people (in sense 1) all belonging to the same ethnic class.
(especially in politics) The people (in sense 1) of a country.

Translations

Breton: tud plural (1), pobl f -où (2,3)
Chinese: 人次; 人们; 人民
Dutch: mensen m plural (1), volk n (2,3)
Esperanto: homoj, popolo
Finnish: ihmiset plural (1), kansa (2, 3), väestö (3)
French: gens m plural, peuple m
German: Leute ?, plural (1), Volk n (2)
Interlingua: personas plural (1), populo (2, 3)
Latin: populus m, gens f (2)
Portuguese: pessoas f plural (1), povo m (2, 3)
Romanian: oameni m (1), popor f (2)
Spanish: gente f, pueblo m
Swedish: personer (1), folk (2,3), folkslag (2)
Turkish: halk [-kı]

WordNet Definitions

four

1. people -- ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience").
2. citizenry, people -- (the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people").
3. multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people -- (the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people").
4. people -- (members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?").

two

1. people, populate -- (fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country").
2. dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate -- (make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated").

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