bureaucratie

English

Noun

bureaucratie (plural bureaucraties)

1. Obsolete form of bureaucracy.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French bureaucratie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌby.roː.kraːˈ(t)si/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bu‧reau‧cra‧tie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

bureaucratie f (plural bureaucratieën, no diminutive)

1. bureaucracy (system of organising the civil service; civil service corps; red tape)

Related terms

• bureaucraat
• bureaucratisch

Descendants

• Afrikaans: burokrasie
• → Indonesian: birokrasi

French

Etymology

From bureau +‎ -cratie. Coined by French economist and intendant of commerce Vincent de Gournay in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by.ʁo.kʁa.si/, /by.ʁɔ.kʁa.si/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: bureaucraties

Noun

bureaucratie f (plural bureaucraties)

1. bureaucracy (structure and regulations in place to control activity)

Derived terms

• bureaucrate

Descendants

• → Arabic: بِيرُقْرَاطِيَّة (bīruqrāṭiyya)
• → Czech: byrokracie
• → Danish: bureaukrati
• → Dutch: bureaucratie
  • Afrikaans: burokrasie
  • → Indonesian: birokrasi
• → English: bureaucracy
• → German: Bürokratie
• → Persian: بوروکراسی (burokrâsi)
• → Polish: biurokracja
• → Portuguese: burocracia
• → Russian: бюрократия (bjurokratija)
  • → Georgian: ბიუროკრატია (biuroḳraṭia)
• → Turkish: bürokrasi

Further reading

• “bureaucratie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012