démocratie
See also: democratie and democrație
French
Etymology
From Middle French democratie, from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.mɔ.kʁa.si/
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- Homophone: démocraties
- Hyphenation: dé‧mo‧cra‧tie
Noun
démocratie f (plural démocraties)
- democracy
Derived terms
- démocratie participative
Related terms
- démocrate
- démocratique
Descendants
- → Danish: demokrati n
- → Dutch: democratie f
- Afrikaans: demokrasie
- → Indonesian: démokrasi
- → German: Demokratie f
- → Hebrew: דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה f
- → 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)
- (Jersey) democracy