démocratie

See also: democratie and democrație

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French democratie, from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.mɔ.kʁa.si/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: démocraties
• Hyphenation: dé‧mo‧cra‧tie

Noun

démocratie f (plural démocraties)

1. democracy

Derived terms

• démocratie participative

Related terms

• démocrate
• démocratique

Descendants

• → Danish: demokrati n
• → Dutch: democratie f, demokratie (before 1996)
  • Afrikaans: demokrasie
  • → Malay: demokrasi

    → Indonesian: démokrasi

  • → Peranakan Indonesian: democratie
• → German: Demokratie f
• → Hebrew: דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה f
• → Persian: دموکراسی (demokrâsi)
• → Romanian: democrație f
• → Turkish: demokrasi

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French democratie, from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā).

Noun

démocratie f (plural démocraties)

1. (Jersey) democracy