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Etymology
Anglo-Norman, from Old French pople (French peuple, Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus, related to þeod/theod/peod/deod)

Pronunciation
IPA|/pi�p�l/, SAMPA|/pi:p@l/
audio|en-us-people.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�p�l|-i�p�l
Hyphenation: peo·ple

Noun
en-noun|collective and common noun; plural peoples

1. A body of human beings considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons.
2. (plural peoples) A group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc; folk; community.
3. A group of persons regarded as being employees, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler.

#* 1611, w:Old Testament|Old Testament, w:King James Version of the Bible|King James Version, 2 Samuel 8:15,
#*: And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.¹
#* 1952, w:Old Testament|Old Testament, w:Revised Standard Version|Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:15,
#*: So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.²

1. A person's ancestors, relatives or family.
2. The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.
3. plural of|perſon#English|perſon|nodot=1 i|an archaic alternative spelling of person#English|person.

Derived terms
people's army
people's democracy
people's republic
people's war
peoplehood
peopleless

Synonyms
persons

Slovak: ľudia, ľud m
Slovene: ljudje
Spanish: t+|es|gente|f
Swedish: t-|sv|folk|n
Telugu: ప�ర�ల� (prajalu)
Tetum: ema
Turkish: t+|tr|halk
Vietnamese: nhân dân
Welsh: pobl
Zulu: abantu
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Slovene: t+|sl|narod
Spanish: t+|es|pueblo|m
Swedish: folk n, folkslag n
Yiddish: פֿ�ָ�ק (folk) n
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trans-top|a group of persons regarded as being employees etc.
Afrikaans: mense
Dutch: t+|nl|mensen|p, t+|nl|volk|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|popolo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: väki, henkilökunta
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Polish: ludzie p, naród m
Swedish: t-|sv|folk|n
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trans-top|a person's ancestors, relatives or family
Afrikaans familie
Dutch: familie f, verwanten p
Esperanto: t-|eo|gento|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|suku, t-|fi|sukulaiset
German: Familie f, Verwandten p, Angehörigen p
Greek: t|el|��ι|n|scGrek (sói), t|el|δικοί �ο�|m|p|scGrek (dikoí tou)
Italian: t+|it|famiglia|f
Japanese: 家� (kazoku), �� (senzo)
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Kurdish: KUchar|با� باپ�را�
Lithuanian: gimin� f, šeima f
Old English: t-|ang|cynn|n|xs=Old English
Polish: ogó� m
Russian: �одн� (rodnjá, colloquial|colloq.) f
Slovene: družina f
Spanish: t+|es|familia|f
Swedish: släkt c, anhörig c
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trans-top|the mass of community as distinguished from a special class
Afrikaans: volk
Czech: lid m, lidé p
Dutch: t+|nl|volk|n, t+|nl|massa|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|popolo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|kansa
French: t+|fr|peuple|m
Greek: t|el|μάζε�|f|p|scGrek (mázes), t+|el|λα��|m|scGrek (laós)
Japanese: ��人 (ippanjin)
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Latin: t+|la|populus|m
Polish: ludzie p
Portuguese: povo m
Russian: t+|ru|на�од|m|trnaród|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|pueblo|m
Swedish: folk n (most commonly in definite form folket)
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Translations to be checked
ttbc|Breton: pobl f -où
ttbc|Chinese: 人们 (rénmen); 人� (rénmín); 人 (yun, Cantonese version)
ttbc|Interlingua: populo
ttbc|Japanese: 庶� (����, shomin)
ttbc|Lithuanian: liaudis f
ttbc|Romanian: popor f

Category:Archaic

Verb
en-verb|peopl|ing

1. transitive To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

#: "He would not be alone, who all things can; / But peopled heaven with angels, earth with man." � Dryden

1. intransitive To become populous or populated.
2. transitive To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

#: "As thick and numberless / As the gay motes that people the sunbeams." � Milton

Derived terms
peopler

Translations
trans-top|to fill with people
Dutch: bevolken
Finnish: t-|fi|asuttaa
German: bevölkern
Italian: popolare con
trans-mid
Portuguese: povoar
Russian: на�ел��� (naselját�)
Slovenian: naseliti
Spanish: poblar con
Swedish: befolka
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trans-top|to become populous
Dutch: bevolkt worden (literally: �become populated�)
Finnish: lisääntyä
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Spanish: poblarse
Swedish: befolkas
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trans-top|to inhabit, to occupy
Dutch: bevolken, bewonen
Esperanto: t-|eo|enlo�i|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|asua
trans-mid
German: bewohnen, besiedeln, bevölkern
Swedish: befolka
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Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|Esperanto: popoli (1), popoli�i (2)

References
R:Webster 1913

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