Villager

/ˈvɪlɪdʒər/ noun

Definition

A person who lives in a village.

Etymology

Villager comes from 'village,' which derives from Latin 'villa' meaning a country estate or farm. Originally, a 'villa' was a wealthy Roman's rural property with its main house, outbuildings, and workers' quarters. After Rome's fall, these estates became the nuclei of medieval villages as former workers and slaves settled permanently around the abandoned villas. So villagers are literally 'people who live around the ruins of Roman vacation homes.'

Kelly Says

Every European villager lives in what was once a rich Roman's backyard! Medieval villages typically grew up around abandoned Roman villas - country estates where wealthy Romans went to escape city life. When the empire collapsed, the workers stayed put and the fancy vacation homes became village centers. It's like if future archaeologists found suburbs built around abandoned shopping malls.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
የአዋጅ ሰው
ye-awaj sew
ARالعربية
قروي
qarawī
BNবাংলা
গ্রামবাসী
grāmbāsī
CACatalà
poble
/pɔˈble/
CSČeština
vesničan
/ˈvɛs.nɪ.t͡ʃan/
DADansk
landsbybo
/ˈlænˀs.byː.bʌ/
DEDeutsch
Dorfbewohner
/ˈdoʁp.bəˌvoːnɐ/
ELΕλληνικά
χωριάτης
choriátis
ESEspañol
aldeano
/al.deˈa.no/
FAفارسی
روستایی
rūstāyī
FISuomi
kyläläinen
/ˈky.læ.læi.nen/
FRFrançais
villageois
/vi.laʒ.wa/
GUGU
ગામનો વતની
gāmno vatnī
HAHA
mai kauye
/ma.i kau.je/
HEעברית
תושב כפר
tošav kfar
HIहिन्दी
ग्रामीण
grāmīṇ
HUMagyar
falusi
/ˈfɑ.lu.ʃi/
IDBahasa Indonesia
penduduk desa
/pənˈdu.dʊk ˈdɛ.sɑ/
IGIG
onye obodo
/oŋ.je o.bɔ.do/
ITItaliano
villano
/vilˈlaːno/
JA日本語
村人
mura-nin
KKKK
ауылдың тұрғыны
awıldıñ turğını
KMKM
អ្នកស្រុក
nhek srŏk
KO한국어
마을 사람
maeul salam
MRMR
गावकरी
gāvkari
MSBahasa Melayu
orang kampung
/o.ɾaŋ kam.pʊŋ/
MYမြန်မာ
ကျေးရွာသား
kye̱ywà sà
NLNederlands
dorpsbewoner
/ˈdɔrps.bəˌwoː.nər/
NONorsk
landsbyboer
/ˈlɑns.byː.bøːr/
PAPA
ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਵਸਨੀਕ
piṇḍ dā vasnīk
PLPolski
wieśniak
/ˈvʲɛɕ.ɲak/
PTPortuguês
aldeão
/al.diˈɐ̃w/
RORomână
sătean
/səˈte̯an/
RUРусский
житель деревни
žitělʹ dérewni
SVSvenska
bybo
/ˈbyː.buː/
SWKiswahili
mkulima
/m.ku.li.ma/
TAதமிழ்
கிராமத்துக்காரர்
kirāmattukkārar
TEతెలుగు
గ్రామస్తుడు
grāmastuḍu
THไทย
คนในหมู่บ้าน
kon nı̂i mūːbān
TLTL
taga-baryo
/ta.ɡa ˈba.ɾjo/
TRTürkçe
köylü
/kœ.jyˈlu/
UKУкраїнська
селянин
seljanyn
URاردو
دیہات کا رہنے والا
dihāt kā rahnē vālā
VITiếng Việt
người dân làng
/ŋuɜj˨˩ ɗan˨˩ laŋ˧˧/
YOYO
olú ilú
/o.lu i.lu/
ZH中文
村民
cūn mín
ZUZU
umndeni wasekhaya
/u.mn.de.ni wa.se.kha.ya/

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