autocrat

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• /ˈɔːtəkɹæt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h2ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek αὐτοκρᾰτής (autokrătḗs)der. French autocratebor. English autocrat Borrowed from French autocrate, itself from Ancient Greek αὐτοκρατής (autokratḗs, “sovereign”), from αὐτο- (auto-, “self”) (combining form of αὐτός (autós)) + κράτος (krátos, “strength, power”) + -ης (-ēs). By surface analysis, auto- + -crat.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: autokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Arabic: مُسْتَبِدّ (mustabidd) — ruler with absolute power
• Arabic: جَبَّار (jabbār) — ruler with absolute power
• Armenian: ինքնակալ (inkʻnakal) — ruler with absolute power
• Azerbaijani: avtokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Belarusian: аўтакра́т (awtakrát) — ruler with absolute power
• Belarusian: аўтакра́тка (awtakrátka) — ruler with absolute power
• Belarusian: самаўла́дца (samawládca) — ruler with absolute power
• Belarusian: самадзе́ржац (samadzjéržac) — ruler with absolute power
• Bulgarian: автокра́т (avtokrát) — ruler with absolute power
• Bulgarian: автокра́тка (avtokrátka) — ruler with absolute power
• Bulgarian: самодържа́вец (samodǎržávec) — ruler with absolute power
• Bulgarian: самодържец (samodǎržec) — ruler with absolute power
• Burmese: သက်ဦးဆံပိုင် (sak-u:hcampuing) — ruler with absolute power
• Catalan: autòcrata — ruler with absolute power
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨裁者 /独裁者 (dúcáizhě) — ruler with absolute power
• Czech: samovládce — ruler with absolute power
• Czech: autokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Danish: autokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Dutch: autocraat — ruler with absolute power
• Dutch: alleenheerser — ruler with absolute power
• Esperanto: aŭtokrato — ruler with absolute power
• Estonian: autokraat — ruler with absolute power
• Faroese: einaveldisharri — ruler with absolute power
• Faroese: einaræðisharri — ruler with absolute power
• Finnish: itsevaltias — ruler with absolute power
• French: autocrate — ruler with absolute power
• Georgian: ავტოკრატი (avṭoḳraṭi) — ruler with absolute power
• German: Autokrat — ruler with absolute power
• German: Autokratin — ruler with absolute power
• Greek: δεσπότης (despótis) — ruler with absolute power
• Hebrew: אוטוֹקְרָט (aotokrát) — ruler with absolute power
• Hindi: तानाशाह (tānāśāh) — ruler with absolute power
• Hungarian: zsarnok — ruler with absolute power
• Ido: autokrato — ruler with absolute power
• Indonesian: autokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Irish: uathlathaí — ruler with absolute power
• Italian: autocrate — ruler with absolute power
• Japanese: 独裁者 (dokusaisha) — ruler with absolute power
• Kazakh: автократ (avtokrat) — ruler with absolute power
• Khmer: អត្តាធិបតី (ʼattaathipaʼdəy) — ruler with absolute power
• Korean: 독재자 (dokjaeja) — ruler with absolute power
• Kyrgyz: автократ (avtokrat) — ruler with absolute power
• Lao: ຜະເດັດການ (pha det kān) — ruler with absolute power
• Latvian: autokrāts — ruler with absolute power
• Latvian: patvaldnieks — ruler with absolute power
• Lithuanian: autokratas — ruler with absolute power
• Lithuanian: autokratė — ruler with absolute power
• Macedonian: автокра́т (avtokrát) — ruler with absolute power
• Macedonian: автокра́тка (avtokrátka) — ruler with absolute power
• Macedonian: самовласник (samovlasnik) — ruler with absolute power
• Malay: autokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Mongolian: дарангуйлагч (darangujlagč) — ruler with absolute power
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (darungɣuilaɣči) — ruler with absolute power
• Norwegian Bokmål: autokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Persian: خدایگان (xodâygân) — ruler with absolute power
• Persian: خداوندگار (xodâvandgâr) — ruler with absolute power
• Persian: خداوند (xodâvand) — ruler with absolute power
• Persian: خودکامه (xodkâme) — ruler with absolute power
• Persian: مستبد (mostabedd) — ruler with absolute power
• Polish: autokrata — ruler with absolute power
• Polish: autokratka — ruler with absolute power
• Polish: samowładca — ruler with absolute power
• Polish: samowładczyni — ruler with absolute power
• Portuguese: autocrata — ruler with absolute power
• Romanian: autocrat — ruler with absolute power
• Russian: автокра́т (avtokrát) — ruler with absolute power
• Russian: самоде́ржец (samodéržec) — ruler with absolute power
• Russian: самодержа́вец (samoderžávec) — ruler with absolute power
• Serbo-Croatian: самодр̀жац — ruler with absolute power
• Serbo-Croatian: самовла̀да̄р — ruler with absolute power
• Serbo-Croatian: ауто̀кра̄т — ruler with absolute power
• Serbo-Croatian: samodr̀žac — ruler with absolute power
• Serbo-Croatian: samovlàdār — ruler with absolute power
• Serbo-Croatian: autòkrāt — ruler with absolute power
• Slovak: autokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Slovak: samovládca — ruler with absolute power
• Slovene: avtokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Slovene: avtokratinja — ruler with absolute power
• Spanish: autócrata — ruler with absolute power
• Swedish: autokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Swedish: självhärskare — ruler with absolute power
• Swedish: envåldshärskare — ruler with absolute power
• Tajik: автократ (avtokrat) — ruler with absolute power
• Tajik: мустабид (mustabid) — ruler with absolute power
• Thai: เผด็จการ (pà-dèt-gaan) — ruler with absolute power
• Turkish: otokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Turkmen: awtokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Ukrainian: автокра́т (avtokrát) — ruler with absolute power
• Ukrainian: автокра́тка (avtokrátka) — ruler with absolute power
• Ukrainian: самоде́ржець (samodéržecʹ) — ruler with absolute power
• Ukrainian: самодержа́вець (samoderžávecʹ) — ruler with absolute power
• Uzbek: avtokrat — ruler with absolute power
• Vietnamese: người chuyên quyền — ruler with absolute power