gerontocracia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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)
- (government) gerontocracy (rule by elders)
Spanish
Etymology
geronto- + -cracia
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /xeɾontoˈkɾaθja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.θja]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /xeɾontoˈkɾasja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.sja]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
- Syllabification: ge‧ron‧to‧cra‧cia
Noun
gerontocracia f (plural gerontocracias)
- gerontocracy
Derived terms
- gerontocrático
Further reading
- “gerontocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014