gerontocracia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾõ.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾõ.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾõ.to.kɾaˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.ɾõ.tɔ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

Noun

gerontocracia f (plural gerontocracias)

1. (government) gerontocracy (rule by elders)

Further reading

• “gerontocracia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gerontocracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From geronto- +‎ -cracia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeɾontoˈkɾaθja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /xeɾontoˈkɾasja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ge‧ron‧to‧cra‧cia

Noun

gerontocracia f (plural gerontocracias)

1. gerontocracy

Derived terms

• gerontocrático

Further reading

• “gerontocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025