upper class

See also: upper-class

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌʌpɚˈklæs/

Noun

upper class (plural upper classes)

1. A class of people at the top of a social hierarchy.

   Synonyms: the quality, (informal) upper crust

   Coordinate terms: middle class, professional class, working class

2. The aristocracy.

Derived terms

• upper-class twit

Related terms

• upper-class (adjective)

Translations

those people at the top of a social hierarchy

• Arabic: الطَّبَقَة الْعُلْيَا f (aṭ-ṭabaqa al-ʕulyā) (definite)
• Armenian: վերին դաս (verin das)
• Bulgarian: ви́сша кла́са f (vísša klása)
• Catalan: classe alta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上層階級 / 上层阶级 (shàngcéng jiējí)

• Danish: overklasse c
• Dutch: bovenklasse (nl) f
• Estonian: kõrgklass
• Finnish: yläluokka (fi)
• French: classe supérieure f
• Galician: clase alta f
• Georgian: მაღალი კლასი (maɣali ḳlasi), მაღალი კლასის საზოგადოება (maɣali ḳlasis sazogadoeba)
• German: Oberschicht (de) f
• Hindi: उच्च वर्ग m (ucc varg)
• Hungarian: felső osztály
• Italian: classe superiore f
• Japanese: 上流階級 (じょうりゅうかいきゅう, jōryū kaikyū)
• Korean: 상류층(上流層) (ko) (sangnyucheung), 상층 계급(上層階級) (sangcheung gyegeup)
• Macedonian: ви́сока кла́са f (vísoka klása)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overklasse (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: overklasse m or f

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: طَبَقِهٔ بالا (fa) (tabaġe-ye bâlâ)

• 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)
• Ukrainian: ви́щий клас m (výščyj klas)

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