vox populi

Borrowed from Latin vox populi (“voice of the people”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɒks ˈpɒpjuːlaɪ/

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vox populi

1. voice of the people.
2. (politics) The public comment portion of a public meeting.
   • 2001 February 22, Eric Lipton, “Vox Populi Aside, Power to the City Council”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “To the extent that the Council passed a local law amending the Charter and the Council represents the people, it may be considered that the vox populi, which secured the initiated legislation, changed its own voice,” Justice Arthur E. Blyn of State Supreme Court wrote in the lower-court decision in 1987.

• vox pop, vox (abbreviation)

• public opinion
• opinion poll

From vōx (“voice”) + populī (“people”)

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɔks ˈpɔ.pʊ.lɪ]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔks ˈpɔː.pu.li]

vōx populī f (genitive vōcis populī); third declension

1. vox populi

Unadapted borrowing from Latin vōx populī.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔks ˈpɔ.pu.li/

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• Syllabification: vox po‧pu‧li

vox populi m inan (indeclinable)

1. (literary, sociology) vox populi (public opinion which influences decisions on many important issues)

   Synonyms: opinia publiczna, ulica

• vox populi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• vox populi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from Latin vōx populī.

• IPA^(key): /ˌboɡs ˈpopuli/ [ˌboɣ̞s ˈpo.pu.li]
• Syllabification: vox po‧pu‧li

vox populi f (uncountable)

1. vox populi

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

• “vox populi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024