bureaucratese

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old French *bure Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Old French burel French bureau Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)lbor. French -cratie French bureaucratie French bureaucratebor. English bureaucrat Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English bureaucratese From bureaucrat + -ese.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: канцела́рски стил (kancelárski stil) — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Bulgarian: чино́внически ези́к (činóvničeski ezík) — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Chinese Mandarin: 官腔 (guānqiāng) — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Chinese Mandarin: 官話 /官话 (guānhuà) — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Dutch: ambtenarees — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Finnish: (viranomaisten) kapulakieli — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• French: langue de bois — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• German: Bürokratensprache — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• German: Behördensprache — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• German: Verwaltungsjargon — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• German: Amtsdeutsch — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• German: Behördendeutsch — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• German: Beamtendeutsch — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Italian: burocratese — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Polish: żargon biurokratyczny — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Russian: канцеляри́т (kanceljarít) — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Swedish: kanslisvenska — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Ukrainian: канцеля́рська мо́ва (kanceljársʹka móva) — pejorative term for language typically used by bureaucrats
• Finnish: kapulakieli — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats
• French: baratin — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats
• French: charabia — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats
• German: Behördensprache — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats
• German: Kanzleistil — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats
• German: Beamtendeutsch — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats
• German: Amtsdeutsch — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats
• German: Papierdeutsch — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats
• Polish: żargon biurokratyczny — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats
• Ukrainian: канцеля́рська мо́ва (kanceljársʹka móva) — pejorative term for language resembling that used by bureaucrats