burocrata

See also: burócrata

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Hellenic *-rós

Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós)

Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor.

Latin burrus

Latin burra

Old French *bure

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Old French -el

Old French burel

French bureau

Proto-Indo-European *kret-

Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor.

French -cratie

French bureaucratie

French bureaucratebor.

Portuguese burocrata

Borrowed from French bureaucrate.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.ɾoˈkɾa.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.ɾoˈkɾa.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bu.ɾoˈkɾa.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.ɾuˈkɾa.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -atɐ
• Hyphenation: bu‧ro‧cra‧ta

Noun

burocrata m or f by sense (plural burocratas)

1. bureaucrat

Related terms

• burocracia
• burocrático
• burocratismo
• burocratização
• burocratizado
• burocratizar

Further reading

• “burocrata”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “burocrata”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “burocrata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “burocrata”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN