hierarchy

English

Etymology

From Middle English ierarchie from Latin hierarchia, from Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία (rule of a high priest), from ἱεράρχης (high priest), from ἱερεύς (priest) and ἀρχή (rule). Compare French hiérarchie.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhaɪə.ɹɑː.kɪ/, /ˈhaɪɹ.ɑːɹ.kɪ/, SAMPA: /"haI@r\A:kI/

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Noun

hierarchy (plural hierarchies)

1. A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
2. Any group of objects ranked so that every one but the topmost is subordinate to a specified one above it.

Related terms

• hierarch
• hierarchic
• hierarchical
• hierarchically

Translations

body of authoritative officials

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 等級制度 (zh), 等级制度 (zh) (děngjízhìdù), 階層 (zh), 阶层 (zh) (jiēcéng), 层次 (zh) (céngcì) Croatian: hijerarhija (hr) f. Danish: hierarki (da) n. Dutch: hiërarchie (nl) f. Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hierarkia (fi) French: please add this translation if you can Galician: xerarquía (gl) f. Georgian: იერარქია (ka) (ierark'ia)

German: Hierarchie (de) f. Greek: ιεραρχία (el) (ierarkhía) f. Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 階層 (ja) (かいそう, kaisō), 序列 (ja) (じょれつ, joretsu) Luxembourgish: Hierarchie (lb) Macedonian: хиерархија (mk) (hierárhija) f. Polish: hierarchia (pl) f. Romanian: ierarhie (ro) f. Russian: иерархия (ru) (ijerárxija) f. Spanish: jerarquía (es) f. Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can

class of objects

Croatian: hijerarhija (hr) f. Danish: hierarki (da) n., rangorden (da) c. Dutch: hiërarchie (nl) f., rangorde (nl) f. Finnish: hierarkia (fi) German: Hierarchie (de) f., Rangordnung (de) f.

Greek: ιεραρχία (el) (ierarkhía) f. Macedonian: хиерархија (mk) (hierárhija) f. Polish: hierarchia (pl) f. Russian: иерархия (ru) (ijerárxija) f. Spanish: jerarquía (es) f.

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Esperanto: hierarkio, hierarĥio French: hiérarchie f. Italian: gerarchia f.

Japanese: 階層性 (かいそうせい, kaisōsei), 序列 (じょれつ, joretsu) Portuguese: hierarquia f. (5) Spanish: jerarquía f. Greek: ιεραρχία f.