noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈæɹɪstəˌkɹæt/
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US:/əˈɹɪstəˌkɹæt/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government.
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A cipher in which the original punctuation and spacing are retained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From French aristocrate (“aristocrat”), attested once in the 16th century but recoined in the Revolutionary era, from aristocratie (“aristocracy”), from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατία (aristokratía), from ἄριστος (áristos, “best”) (compare Old English ar) + κράτος (krátos, “rule”). By surface analysis, aristo- + -crat.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
fisnik
— one of the aristocracy
Albanian:
aristokrat
— one of the aristocracy
Arabic:
أَرِسْتُقْرَاطِيّ
(ʔaristuqrāṭiyy)
— one of the aristocracy
Arabic:
أَرِسْتُقْرَاطِيَّة
(ʔaristuqrāṭiyya)
— one of the aristocracy
Belarusian:
арыстакра́т
(arystakrát)
— one of the aristocracy
Belarusian:
арыстакра́тка
(arystakrátka)
— one of the aristocracy
Bulgarian:
аристокра́т
(aristokrát)
— one of the aristocracy
Bulgarian:
аристокра́тка
(aristokrátka)
— one of the aristocracy
Catalan:
aristòcrata
— one of the aristocracy
Chinese Mandarin:
貴族 /贵族
(guìzú)
— one of the aristocracy
Czech:
šlechtic
— one of the aristocracy
Czech:
šlechtična
— one of the aristocracy
Danish:
aristokrat
— one of the aristocracy
Dutch:
aristocraat
— one of the aristocracy
Esperanto:
aristokrato
— one of the aristocracy
Finnish:
aristokraatti
— one of the aristocracy
Finnish:
ylimys
— one of the aristocracy
French:
aristocrate
— one of the aristocracy
Galician:
aristócrata
— one of the aristocracy
Georgian:
არისტოკრატი
(arisṭoḳraṭi)
— one of the aristocracy
Georgian:
დიდებული
(didebuli)
— one of the aristocracy
Georgian:
თავადი
(tavadi)
— one of the aristocracy
Georgian:
წარჩინებული
(c̣arčinebuli)
— one of the aristocracy
German:
Aristokrat
— one of the aristocracy
German:
Aristokratin
— one of the aristocracy
Greek:
ευγενής
(evgenís)
— one of the aristocracy
Hindi:
कुलीनतंत्र
(kulīntantra)
— one of the aristocracy
Hindi:
कुलीन
(kulīn)
— one of the aristocracy
Hungarian:
arisztokrata
— one of the aristocracy
Ido:
aristokrato
— one of the aristocracy
Irish:
uaslathaí
— one of the aristocracy
Italian:
aristocratico
— one of the aristocracy
Italian:
aristocratica
— one of the aristocracy
Japanese:
貴族
(kizoku)
— one of the aristocracy
Japanese:
アリストクラット
(arisutokuratto)
— one of the aristocracy
Kazakh:
ақсүйек
(aqsüiek)
— one of the aristocracy
Korean:
귀족
(gwijok)
— one of the aristocracy
Latin:
optimās
— one of the aristocracy
Macedonian:
аристокра́т
(aristokrát)
— one of the aristocracy
Macedonian:
аристокра́тка
(aristokrátka)
— one of the aristocracy
Macedonian:
велможа
(velmoža)
— one of the aristocracy
Malay:
bangsawan
— one of the aristocracy
Malay:
aristokrat
— one of the aristocracy
Norwegian Bokmål:
aristokrat
— one of the aristocracy
Norwegian Nynorsk:
aristokrat
— one of the aristocracy
Polish:
arystokrata
— one of the aristocracy
Polish:
arystokratka
— one of the aristocracy
Polish:
szlachcic
— one of the aristocracy
Polish:
szlachcianka
— one of the aristocracy
Portuguese:
aristocrata
— one of the aristocracy
Russian:
аристокра́т
(aristokrát)
— one of the aristocracy
Russian:
аристокра́тка
(aristokrátka)
— one of the aristocracy
Serbo-Croatian:
aristòkrat
— one of the aristocracy
Serbo-Croatian:
aristòkratkinja
— one of the aristocracy
Slovak:
šľachtic
— one of the aristocracy
Slovak:
šľachtičná
— one of the aristocracy
Lower Sorbian:
aristokrat
— one of the aristocracy
Spanish:
aristócrata
— one of the aristocracy
Swedish:
aristokrat
— one of the aristocracy
Tibetan:
སྐུ་དྲག
— one of the aristocracy
Tibetan:
སྒེར་པ
(sger pa)
— one of the aristocracy
Ukrainian:
аристокра́т
(arystokrát)
— one of the aristocracy
Ukrainian:
аристокра́тка
(arystokrátka)
— one of the aristocracy
