Translation of "common people" to French

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Dictionary translations for "common people"

common people noun

les gens du commun m pl

le peuple m (people)

Contexts with "common people"

Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. Il va de soi que les gens ne veulent pas de la guerre. Pourquoi un pauvre bon à rien dans une ferme voudrait risquer sa vie dans une guerre lorsque le mieux qu'il peut en retirer est de revenir dans sa ferme en un seul morceau ? Naturellement, les gens du commun ne veulent pas de la guerre ; ni en Russie, ni en Angleterre, ni en Amérique, pas non plus en Allemagne, en l'occurrence, ça va de soi.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Pour les gens ordinaires, la religion est vérité, pour les sages, elle est mensonge, pour les dirigeants, elle est utile.

It is quite common now to meet with young people who do not know the Bible. Il est fréquent de rencontrer aujourd'hui des jeunes gens qui n'ont point connaissance de la Bible.

Why do people add simple and common sentences such as "hello", "how are you", etc.? Pourquoi les gens ajoutent des phrases aussi simples et communes telles que « bonjour », « comment vas-tu ?», etc.?

To each group of people its language, and a second, common to all. À chaque peuple sa langue, et une seconde, commune, pour tous.

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