democratie
See also: démocratie and democrație
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) demokratie
Etymology
Borrowing from French démocratie, from Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā).
Pronunciation
Noun
democratie f (plural democratieën, diminutive democratietje n)
- (uncountable, countable) democracy
- Aan de basis van elke democratie ligt die vrijheid, die in de loop der tijden is bevochten, zei de koningin.
- At the basis of each democracy lies that freedom, which in the course of time has been gained, said the queen.
Derived terms
- basisdemocratie
- consensusdemocratie
- dramademocratie
- massademocratie
- participatiedemocratie
- penduledemocratie
- sorrydemocratie
Middle French
Etymology
First known attestation 1370-1372 in Les Ethiques en françois a translation of Aristotle by Nicolas Oresme, borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía)[1].
Noun
democratie f (plural democraties)
- democracy; popular rule
References
- ^ Etymology and history of “démocratie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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