popular: [15] Popular is one of a range of English words that go back to Latin populus ‘people’. Besides people (which came via Old French) and popular itself, these include populace [16], population [16], and public. It is not clear where populus itself came from, although some have linked it with the Indo- European base *plē- ‘fill’, source of English full and Greek pléthos ‘multitude, common people’ (a relative of English plethora). => people, population, public
popular (adj.)
early 15c., "public," from Middle French populier (Modern French populaire) and directly from Latin popularis "belonging to the people, general, common; devoted to or accepted by the people; democratic," from populus "people" (see people (n.)).
Meaning "suited to ordinary people" is from 1570s in English; hence, of prices, "low, affordable to average persons" (1859). Meaning "well-liked, admired by the people" is attested from c. 1600. Of art, entertainment, etc., "favored by people generally" from 1819 (popular song). Related: Popularly. Popular Front "coalition of Communists, Socialists, and radicals" is from 1936, first in a French context.
例文
1. The military government has been unable to win popular support.
軍政は広範な支持を得ることができなかった。
2.The fusty old establishment refused to recognise the demand for popular music.
という昔気質の古い機関は、ポピュラー音楽に対する人々のニーズを認めることを拒否している。
3.Some of the finer type-faces are corrupted by cheap， popular computer printers.
少し優美なフォントは、安価で汎用的なコンピュータプリンタで処理されてからは全く変わっています。
4.A spoilt child is rarely popular with other children.
甘やかされて壊れた子供は他の子供に愛されにくい。
5.The most popular items are located toward the back of the store.