hierarchical

English

WOTD – 27 July 2007

Alternative forms

• hierarchic
• hierarchial

Etymology

Compare French hiérarchique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪˈɹɑːɹkɪkəl/

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Adjective

hierarchical (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a hierarchy.
2. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order.
3. Classified or arranged according to various criteria into successive ranks or grades.

   It has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art.

Related terms

• hierarch
• hierarchal
• hierarchic
• hierarchically
• hierarchy

Translations

Pertaining to a hierarchy

• Catalan: jeràrquic
• Czech: hierarchický
• Danish: hierarkisk (da)
• Esperanto: hierarkia
• Finnish: hierarkkinen (fi)
• French: hiérarchique (fr) m or f
• Galician: xerárquico m
• German: hierarchisch (de)
• Greek: ιεραρχικός (el) m (ierarchikós)
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• Italian: gerarchico (it) m
• Macedonian: хиерархиски m (hierarhiski), чиноследен m (činosleden)
• Portuguese: hierárquico (pt)
• Romanian: ierarhic (ro) m or n
• Russian: иерархи́ческий (ru) (ijerarxíčeskij)
• Spanish: jerárquico
• Swedish: hierarkisk (sv)
• Tagalog: halpunuanin (halpunuanin)
• Welsh: hierarchaidd (cy)

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order

• Finnish: hierarkkinen (fi)
• Greek: ιεραρχικός (el) m (ierarchikós)
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• Manx: ard-saggyrtagh

Classified or arranged into successive ranks or grades

• Catalan: jeràrquic
• Finnish: hierarkkinen (fi)
• French: hiérarchique (fr) m or f
• Galician: xerárquico m
• German: hierarchisch (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: ιεραρχικός (el) m (ierarchikós)
• Italian: gerarchico (it) m
• Macedonian: хиерархиски m (hierarhiski), чиноследен (činosleden)
• Portuguese: hierárquico (pt)
• Swedish: hierarkisk (sv)