third estate

English

Alternative forms

• the Third Estate

Etymology

French

Noun

the third estate (singular only)

1. (originally) The caste of commoners in France prior to 1789, as distinct from the nobility and clergy.
2. (by extension) The commoners, collectively, in any society.
3. (politics) The House of Commons.

Translations

caste of commoners in France prior to 1789

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 第三等級 / 第三等级 (dì-sān děngjí) Danish: tredje stand c Finnish: kolmas sääty French: tiers état (fr) m German: Dritter Stand Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: тре́тье сосло́вие n (trétʹje soslóvije) Spanish: tercer estamento m Thai: ฐานันดรที่สาม

commoners

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 平民 (zh) (píngmín) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kansa (fi), rahvas (fi) French: peuple (fr) m, populace (fr) f German: Bürgertum (de) n Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: tercer estamento m