aristocracy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæɹ.ɪˈstɒk.ɹə.si/
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• General-American: /ˌɛɹ.ɪˈstɑ.kɹə.si/
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Borrowed from Middle French aristocratie, from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατίᾱ (aristokratíā, “the rule of the best“, that is, “the best-born”, “nobility”), from ἄριστος (áristos, “best, noblest”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”). By surface analysis, aristo- + -cracy.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: adel — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Albanian: aristokraci — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Arabic: أَرِسْتُقْرَاطِيَّة (ʔaristuqrāṭiyya) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Armenian: արիստոկրատիա (aristokratia) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Asturian: aristocracia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Basque: aristokrazia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Belarusian: арыстакра́тыя (arystakrátyja) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Bulgarian: аристокрация (aristokracija) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Catalan: aristocràcia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Chinese Mandarin: 貴族 /贵族 (guìzú) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Corsican: aristucrazia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Czech: aristokracie — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Danish: aristokrati — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Danish: adel — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Dutch: aristocratie — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Dutch: adel — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Esperanto: aristokrataro — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Estonian: aristokraatia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Finnish: aristokratia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• French: aristocratie — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Friulian: aristocrazie — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Galician: aristocracia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Georgian: არისტოკრატია (arisṭoḳraṭia) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• German: Aristokratie — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Greek: αριστοκρατία (aristokratía) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Hebrew: אריסטוקרטיה (aristokrátya) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Hungarian: arisztokrácia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Icelandic: aðalsveldi — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Icelandic: úrvalsveldi — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Ido: aristokratio — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Indonesian: aristokrat — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Italian: aristocrazia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Japanese: 貴族 (kizoku) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Japanese: 特権階級 (tokken kaikyū) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Kazakh: ақсүйектік (aqsüiektık) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Korean: 귀족정 (gwijokjeong) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Korean: 귀족 (gwijok) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Latvian: aristokrātija — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Lithuanian: aristokratija — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Macedonian: аристократија (aristokratija) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Māori: kāhui ariki — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Māori: te aitanga a Tiki — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Norwegian Bokmål: aristokrati — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Norwegian Bokmål: adel — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aristokrati — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Norwegian Nynorsk: adel — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Occitan: aristocracia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Old English: æþelu — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Persian: آریستوکراسی (âristokerâsi) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Plautdietsch: Odel — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Polish: arystokracja — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Portuguese: aristocracia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Romanian: aristocrație — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Russian: аристокра́тия (aristokrátija) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Russian: знать (znatʹ) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Sardinian: aristocratzia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Serbo-Croatian: аристокрација — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Serbo-Croatian: аристократија — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Serbo-Croatian: aristokràcija — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Serbo-Croatian: aristokràtija — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Slovak: aristokracia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Slovene: aristokracija — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Spanish: aristocracia — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Swedish: aristokrati — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Swedish: adel — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Tagalog: butikasan — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Thai: อภิชน (aphichon) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Turkish: aristokrasi — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Ukrainian: аристокра́тія (arystokrátija) — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Vietnamese: chế độ quý tộc — the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
• Afrikaans: adel — government by such a class
• Afrikaans: adelstand — government by such a class
• Albanian: aristokraci — government by such a class
• Armenian: արիստոկրատիա (aristokratia) — government by such a class
• Asturian: aristocracia — government by such a class
• Basque: aristokrazia — government by such a class
• Belarusian: арыстакра́тыя (arystakrátyja) — government by such a class
• Bulgarian: аристокрация (aristokracija) — government by such a class
• Catalan: aristocràcia — government by such a class
• Chinese Mandarin: 貴族政府 /贵族政府 (guìzú zhèngfǔ) — government by such a class
• Czech: aristokracie — government by such a class
• Danish: aristokrati — government by such a class
• Dutch: aristocratie — government by such a class
• Esperanto: aristokratio — government by such a class
• Estonian: aristokraatia — government by such a class
• Finnish: aristokratia — government by such a class
• French: aristocratie — government by such a class
• Galician: aristocracia — government by such a class
• Georgian: არისტოკრატია (arisṭoḳraṭia) — government by such a class
• German: Aristokratie — government by such a class
• Greek: αριστοκρατία (aristokratía) — government by such a class
• Hebrew: אריסטוקרטיה (aristokrátya) — government by such a class
• Hungarian: arisztokrácia — government by such a class
• Icelandic: aðalsveldi — government by such a class
• Icelandic: úrvalsveldi — government by such a class
• Ido: aristokratio — government by such a class
• Indonesian: aristokrasi — government by such a class
• Italian: aristocrazia — government by such a class
• Japanese: 貴族政治 (kizoku seiji) — government by such a class
• Korean: 귀족정부 (gwijokjeongbu) — government by such a class
• Latvian: aristokrātija — government by such a class
• Lithuanian: aristokratija — government by such a class
• Macedonian: аристократија (aristokratija) — government by such a class
• Norwegian Bokmål: aristokrati — government by such a class
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aristokrati — government by such a class
• Occitan: aristocracia — government by such a class
• Polish: arystokracja — government by such a class
• Portuguese: aristocracia — government by such a class
• Romanian: aristocrație — government by such a class
• Russian: аристокра́тия (aristokrátija) — government by such a class
• Serbo-Croatian: аристокрација — government by such a class
• Serbo-Croatian: аристократија — government by such a class
• Serbo-Croatian: aristokràcija — government by such a class
• Serbo-Croatian: aristokràtija — government by such a class
• Slovak: aristokracia — government by such a class
• Slovene: aristokracija — government by such a class
• Spanish: aristocracia — government by such a class
• Swedish: aristokrati — government by such a class
• Thai: อภิชนาธิปไตย (à-pí-chá-naa-tí-bpà-dtai) — government by such a class
• Turkish: aristokrasi — government by such a class
• Ukrainian: аристокра́тія (arystokrátija) — government by such a class
• Albanian: aristokraci — class of people considered superior to others
• Armenian: արիստոկրատիա (aristokratia) — class of people considered superior to others
• Basque: aristokrazia — class of people considered superior to others
• Belarusian: арыстакра́тыя (arystakrátyja) — class of people considered superior to others
• Bulgarian: аристокрация (aristokracija) — class of people considered superior to others
• Catalan: aristocràcia — class of people considered superior to others
• Czech: aristokracie — class of people considered superior to others
• Danish: aristokrati — class of people considered superior to others
• Dutch: aristocratie — class of people considered superior to others
• Esperanto: aristokrataro — class of people considered superior to others
• Estonian: aristokraatia — class of people considered superior to others
• Finnish: aristokratia — class of people considered superior to others
• French: aristocratie — class of people considered superior to others
• Galician: aristocracia — class of people considered superior to others
• Georgian: არისტოკრატია (arisṭoḳraṭia) — class of people considered superior to others
• German: Aristokratie — class of people considered superior to others
• Greek: αριστοκρατία (aristokratía) — class of people considered superior to others
• Hungarian: arisztokrácia — class of people considered superior to others
• Ido: aristokratio — class of people considered superior to others
• Italian: aristocrazia — class of people considered superior to others
• Latvian: aristokrātija — class of people considered superior to others
• Lithuanian: aristokratija — class of people considered superior to others
• Macedonian: аристократија (aristokratija) — class of people considered superior to others
• Norwegian Bokmål: aristokrati — class of people considered superior to others
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aristokrati — class of people considered superior to others
• Polish: arystokracja — class of people considered superior to others
• Portuguese: aristocracia — class of people considered superior to others
• Romanian: aristocrație — class of people considered superior to others
• Russian: аристокра́тия (aristokrátija) — class of people considered superior to others
• Russian: знать (znatʹ) — class of people considered superior to others
• Serbo-Croatian: аристокрација — class of people considered superior to others
• Serbo-Croatian: аристократија — class of people considered superior to others
• Serbo-Croatian: aristokràcija — class of people considered superior to others
• Serbo-Croatian: aristokràtija — class of people considered superior to others
• Slovak: aristokracia — class of people considered superior to others
• Slovene: aristokracija — class of people considered superior to others
• Spanish: aristocracia — class of people considered superior to others
• Swedish: aristokrati — class of people considered superior to others
• Thai: อภิชน (aphichon) — class of people considered superior to others
• Turkish: aristokrasi — class of people considered superior to others
• Ukrainian: аристокра́тія (arystokrátija) — class of people considered superior to others