democracy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒk.ɹə.si/
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• General-American, dialectal: /dɪˈmɑ.kɹə.si/ of Canada
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• New-Zealand: /dəˈmɒk.ɹə.si/
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• New-Zealand: [dəˈmɔ̟k.ɹə.si]
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From Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā). By surface analysis, demo- (“people”) + -cracy (“rule”).

285 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: demokrasie — rule by the people
• Albanian: demokraci — rule by the people
• Albanian: demokracia — rule by the people
• Amharic: ዴሞክራሲ (demokrasi) — rule by the people
• Arabic: دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة (dīmuqrāṭiyya) — rule by the people
• Armenian: ժողովրդավարություն (žoġovrdavarutʻyun) — rule by the people
• Armenian: դեմոկրատիա (demokratia) — rule by the people
• Aromanian: dimucratsii — rule by the people
• Aromanian: dimucratsie — rule by the people
• Aromanian: dimucrãtsii — rule by the people
• Aromanian: dimucrãtsie — rule by the people
• Aromanian: dimucratsia — rule by the people
• Aromanian: dimucrãtsia — rule by the people
• Assamese: গণতন্ত্ৰ (gonotontro) — rule by the people
• Asturian: democracia — rule by the people
• Azerbaijani: demokratiya — rule by the people
• Azerbaijani: demokrasi — rule by the people
• Bashkir: демократия (demokratiya) — rule by the people
• Basque: demokrazia — rule by the people
• Belarusian: дэмакра́тыя (demakrátyja) — rule by the people
• Belarusian: народаўла́ддзе (narodawláddzje) — rule by the people
• Bengali: গণতন্ত্র (gonotontro) — rule by the people
• Bulgarian: демокра́ция (demokrácija) — rule by the people
• Bulgarian: народовла́стие (narodovlástie) — rule by the people
• Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci) — rule by the people
• Buryat: арадшалал (aradšalal) — rule by the people
• Buryat: демократи (djemokrati) — rule by the people
• Carpathian Rusyn: демокра́ція (demokrácija) — rule by the people
• Catalan: democràcia — rule by the people
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⵓⴳⴷⵓⵜ (tugdut) — rule by the people
• Chechen: демократи (demokrati) — rule by the people
• Chinese Cantonese: 民主 (man4 zyu2) — rule by the people
• Chinese Cantonese: 民主主義 /民主主义 (man4 zyu2 zyu2 ji6) — rule by the people
• Chinese Mandarin: 民主 (mínzhǔ) — rule by the people
• Chinese Mandarin: 民主主義 /民主主义 (mínzhǔzhǔyì) — rule by the people
• Chinese Mandarin: 得莫克拉西 (démòkèlāxī) — rule by the people
• Chuvash: демократи (demokrat̬i) — rule by the people
• Cornish: demokratieth — rule by the people
• Cornish: gwerinieth — rule by the people
• Crimean Tatar: demokratiya — rule by the people
• Czech: demokracie — rule by the people
• Danish: demokrati — rule by the people
• Dhivehi: ޑިމޮކްރަސީ (ḍimok̊rasī) — rule by the people
• Dinka: agɛmkɔckedhiɛ — rule by the people
• Dutch: democratie — rule by the people
• Esperanto: demokratio — rule by the people
• Estonian: demokraatia — rule by the people
• Faroese: fólkaræði — rule by the people
• Finnish: kansanvalta — rule by the people
• Finnish: demokratia — rule by the people
• French: démocratie — rule by the people
• Galician: democracia — rule by the people
• Georgian: დემოკრატია (demoḳraṭia) — rule by the people
• German: Demokratie — rule by the people
• German: Volksherrschaft — rule by the people
• Greek: δημοκρατία (dimokratía) — rule by the people
• Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) — rule by the people
• Greenlandic: demokrati — rule by the people
• Gujarati: લોકશાહી (lokśāhī) — rule by the people
• Gujarati: પ્રજાતંત્ર (prajātantra) — rule by the people
• Hausa: dimokuraɗiyya — rule by the people
• Hebrew: דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה (demokrátya) — rule by the people
• Hindi: लोकतंत्र (loktantra) — rule by the people
• Hindi: जम्हूरियत (jamhūriyat) — rule by the people
• Hindi: जनतंत्र (jantantra) — rule by the people
• Hindi: प्रजातंत्र (prajātantra) — rule by the people
• Hindi: लोकशाही (lokśāhī) — rule by the people
• Hungarian: demokrácia — rule by the people
• Icelandic: lýðræði — rule by the people
• Ido: demokratio — rule by the people
• Indonesian: demokrasi — rule by the people
• Irish: daonlathas — rule by the people
• Italian: democrazia — rule by the people
• Japanese: 民主主義 (minshushugi) — rule by the people
• Japanese: 民主 (minshu) — rule by the people
• Japanese: デモクラシー (demokurashī) — rule by the people
• Kalmyk: демократь (demokratʹ) — rule by the people
• Kannada: ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ (prajāprabhutva) — rule by the people
• S'gaw Karen: ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် (deè moh̀ khraỳ seè) — rule by the people
• Kazakh: демократия (demokratiä) — rule by the people
• Kazakh: халық билігі (xalyq bilıgı) — rule by the people
• Khmer: ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ (prɑciəthɨppaʼtay) — rule by the people
• Korean: 민주주의 (minjujuui) — rule by the people
• Korean: 데모크라시 (demokeurasi) — rule by the people
• Korean: 민주 (minju) — rule by the people
• Central Kurdish: دیموکراتیەت (dîmukratyet) — rule by the people
• Northern Kurdish: demokrasî — rule by the people
• Kyrgyz: демократия (demokratiya) — rule by the people
• Kyrgyz: элбийлик (elbiylik) — rule by the people
• Ladino: demokrasia — rule by the people
• Lao: ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ (pa sā thi pa tai) — rule by the people
• Latin: imperium populī — rule by the people
• Latin: dēmocratia — rule by the people
• Latvian: demokrātija — rule by the people
• Ligurian: democraçîa — rule by the people
• Lithuanian: demokratija — rule by the people
• Macedonian: демокра́тија (demokrátija) — rule by the people
• Malay: demokrasi — rule by the people
• Malayalam: ജനാധിപത്യം (janādhipatyaṁ) — rule by the people
• Maltese: demokrazija — rule by the people
• Manx: deynlaght — rule by the people
• Marathi: लोकशाही (lokśāhī) — rule by the people
• Central Melanau: demokrasi — rule by the people
• Mongolian: ардчилал (ardčilal) — rule by the people
• Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠠᠳᠴᠢᠯᠠᠯ (aradčilal) — rule by the people
• Moore: nin-bui-naam — rule by the people
• Nepali: प्रजातन्त्र (prajātantra) — rule by the people
• Nepali: लोकतन्त्र (loktantra) — rule by the people
• Norman: démocratie — rule by the people
• Norwegian Bokmål: demokrati — rule by the people
• Norwegian Bokmål: folkestyre — rule by the people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: demokrati — rule by the people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: folkestyre — rule by the people
• Occitan: democracia — rule by the people
• Odia: ଗଣତନ୍ତ୍ର (gaṇatantra) — rule by the people
• Pali: pajādhipateyya — rule by the people
• Pali: lokādhipateyya — rule by the people
• Pannonian Rusyn: демократия (demokratija) — rule by the people
• Pashto: دموکراسي (demokrāsi) — rule by the people
• Pashto: ولسواله (wolǝswāla) — rule by the people
• Pashto: ولسواکي (wolǝswāki) — rule by the people
• Pashto: ډېموکراسي (ḍemokrāsi) — rule by the people
• Iranian Persian: مَرْدُمسالاری (mardom-sâlâri) — rule by the people
• Iranian Persian: دِموکْراسی (demokrâsi) — rule by the people
• Polish: demokracja — rule by the people
• Polish: ludowładztwo — rule by the people
• Portuguese: democracia — rule by the people
• Punjabi: ਲੋਕਰਾਜ (lokrāj) — rule by the people
• Punjabi: ਜਮਹੂਰੀਅਤ (jamhūrīata) — rule by the people
• Romanian: democrație — rule by the people
• Russian: демокра́тия (demokrátija) — rule by the people
• Russian: народовла́стие (narodovlástije) — rule by the people
• Northern Sami: demokratiija — rule by the people
• Northern Sami: álbmotstivra — rule by the people
• Northern Sami: álbmotváldi — rule by the people
• Sanskrit: लोकतंत्र (lokataṃtra) — rule by the people
• Scots: democracie — rule by the people
• Scottish Gaelic: daonfhlaitheas — rule by the people
• Serbo-Croatian: демокра́тија — rule by the people
• Serbo-Croatian: демокра́ција — rule by the people
• Serbo-Croatian: demokrátija — rule by the people
• Serbo-Croatian: demokrácija — rule by the people
• Shan: တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ (tìi mò khǎ rèe sìi) — rule by the people
• Sinhalese: ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය (prajātantrawādaya) — rule by the people
• Slovak: demokracia — rule by the people
• Slovene: demokracija — rule by the people
• Somali: dimoqraadi — rule by the people
• Sotho: demokrasi — rule by the people
• Spanish: democracia — rule by the people
• Sranan Tongo: demokrâsia — rule by the people
• Swahili: demokrasia — rule by the people
• Swedish: demokrati — rule by the people
• Swedish: folkstyre — rule by the people
• Tagalog: madlakasan — rule by the people
• Tagalog: demokrasya — rule by the people
• Tajik: демократия (demokratiya) — rule by the people
• Tajik: мардумсолорӣ (mardumsolori) — rule by the people
• Tajik: демукросӣ (demukrosi) — rule by the people
• Tamil: மக்களாட்சி (makkaḷāṭci) — rule by the people
• Tamil: ஜனநாயகம் (jaṉanāyakam) — rule by the people
• Tatar: демократия (demoqratiyä) — rule by the people
• Telugu: ప్రజాస్వామ్యం (prajāsvāmyaṁ) — rule by the people
• Thai: ประชาธิปไตย (bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — rule by the people
• Tibetan: དམངས་གཙོའི་རིང་ལུགས (dmangs gtso'i ring lugs) — rule by the people
• Tigrinya: ዲሞክራሲ (dimokrasi) — rule by the people
• Tigrinya: ደሞክራሲ (dämokrasi) — rule by the people
• Turkish: el erki — rule by the people
• Turkish: demokrasi — rule by the people
• Turkmen: demokratiýa — rule by the people
• Turkmen: demokratsiýa — rule by the people
• Turkmen: halkçylyk — rule by the people
• Ukrainian: демокра́тія (demokrátija) — rule by the people
• Ukrainian: народовла́ддя (narodovláddja) — rule by the people
• Urdu: جَمْہُورِیَت (jamhūriyat) — rule by the people
• Urdu: لوک شاہی (lok śāhī) — rule by the people
• Uyghur: دېموكراتىيە (dëmokratiye) — rule by the people
• Uyghur: خەلقچىلىق (xelqchiliq) — rule by the people
• Uzbek: demokratiya — rule by the people
• Uzbek: xalq hokimiyati — rule by the people
• Vietnamese: dân chủ — rule by the people
• Volapük: demokrat — rule by the people
• Welsh: democratiaeth — rule by the people
• Yiddish: דעמאָקראַציע (demokratsye) — rule by the people
• Zhuang: minzcuj — rule by the people
• Afrikaans: demokrasie — government under the rule of its people
• Albanian: demokraci — government under the rule of its people
• Albanian: demokracia — government under the rule of its people
• Arabic: دِيمُقْرَاطِيَّة (dīmuqrāṭiyya) — government under the rule of its people
• Arabic: ديموقراطية (dīmūqrāṭiyya) — government under the rule of its people
• Aragonese: democrazia — government under the rule of its people
• Armenian: ժողովրդավարություն (žoġovrdavarutʻyun) — government under the rule of its people
• Armenian: դեմոկրատիա (demokratia) — government under the rule of its people
• Aromanian: dimucratsii — government under the rule of its people
• Aromanian: dimucratsie — government under the rule of its people
• Aromanian: dimucrãtsii — government under the rule of its people
• Aromanian: dimucrãtsie — government under the rule of its people
• Aromanian: dimucratsia — government under the rule of its people
• Aromanian: dimucrãtsia — government under the rule of its people
• Asturian: democracia — government under the rule of its people
• Azerbaijani: demokratiya — government under the rule of its people
• Azerbaijani: demokrasi — government under the rule of its people
• Bashkir: демократия (demokratiya) — government under the rule of its people
• Belarusian: дэмакра́тыя (demakrátyja) — government under the rule of its people
• Bengali: গণতন্ত্র (gonotontro) — government under the rule of its people
• Breton: demokratelezh — government under the rule of its people
• Bulgarian: демокра́ция (demokrácija) — government under the rule of its people
• Catalan: democràcia — government under the rule of its people
• Cebuano: demokrasya — government under the rule of its people
• Chinese Mandarin: 民主 (mínzhǔ) — government under the rule of its people
• Czech: demokracie — government under the rule of its people
• Danish: demokrati — government under the rule of its people
• Dhivehi: ޑިމޮކްރަސީ (ḍimok̊rasī) — government under the rule of its people
• Dutch: democratie — government under the rule of its people
• Esperanto: demokratia ŝtatformo — government under the rule of its people
• Esperanto: demokratio — government under the rule of its people
• Estonian: demokraatia — government under the rule of its people
• Finnish: demokratia — government under the rule of its people
• French: démocratie — government under the rule of its people
• Georgian: დემოკრატია (demoḳraṭia) — government under the rule of its people
• German: Demokratie — government under the rule of its people
• Greek: δημοκρατία (dimokratía) — government under the rule of its people
• Ancient Greek: δημοκρατία (dēmokratía) — government under the rule of its people
• Haitian Creole: demokrasi — government under the rule of its people
• Hausa: dimokuraɗiyya — government under the rule of its people
• Hebrew: דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה (demokrátya) — government under the rule of its people
• Hindi: लोकतंत्र (loktantra) — government under the rule of its people
• Hungarian: demokrácia — government under the rule of its people
• Icelandic: lýðræði — government under the rule of its people
• Indonesian: demokrasi — government under the rule of its people
• Irish: daonlathas — government under the rule of its people
• Italian: democrazia — government under the rule of its people
• Japanese: 民主主義 (minshushugi) — government under the rule of its people
• Japanese: 民主 (minshu) — government under the rule of its people
• Kalmyk: демократь (demokratʹ) — government under the rule of its people
• Korean: 민주 정체 (minju jeongche) — government under the rule of its people
• Korean: 민주 (minju) — government under the rule of its people
• Northern Kurdish: demokrasî — government under the rule of its people
• Latin: imperium populī — government under the rule of its people
• Latin: dēmocratia — government under the rule of its people
• Latvian: demokrātija — government under the rule of its people
• Lithuanian: demokratija — government under the rule of its people
• Macedonian: демокра́тија (demokrátija) — government under the rule of its people
• Malay: demokrasi — government under the rule of its people
• Malayalam: ജനാധിപത്യം (janādhipatyaṁ) — government under the rule of its people
• Maltese: demokrazija — government under the rule of its people
• Māori: kāwanatanga manapori — government under the rule of its people
• Marathi: लोकशाही (lokśāhī) — government under the rule of its people
• Norman: démocratie — government under the rule of its people
• Norwegian Bokmål: demokrati — government under the rule of its people
• Norwegian Bokmål: folkestyre — government under the rule of its people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: demokrati — government under the rule of its people
• Norwegian Nynorsk: folkestyre — government under the rule of its people
• Pannonian Rusyn: демократия (demokratija) — government under the rule of its people
• Iranian Persian: مَرْدُمسالاری (mardom-sâlâri) — government under the rule of its people
• Iranian Persian: دِموکْراسی (demokrâsi) — government under the rule of its people
• Polish: demokracja — government under the rule of its people
• Portuguese: democracia — government under the rule of its people
• Romanian: democrație — government under the rule of its people
• Russian: демокра́тия (demokrátija) — government under the rule of its people
• Northern Sami: demokratiija — government under the rule of its people
• Northern Sami: álbmotstivra — government under the rule of its people
• Northern Sami: álbmotváldi — government under the rule of its people
• Samogitian: demuokratėjė — government under the rule of its people
• Scottish Gaelic: daonfhlaitheas — government under the rule of its people
• Scottish Gaelic: sluagh-fhlaitheas — government under the rule of its people
• Serbo-Croatian: демокра́тија — government under the rule of its people
• Serbo-Croatian: демокра́ција — government under the rule of its people
• Serbo-Croatian: demokrátija — government under the rule of its people
• Serbo-Croatian: demokrácija — government under the rule of its people
• Shan: တီႇမူဝ်ႇၶရေႇသီႇ (tìi mò khǎ rèe sìi) — government under the rule of its people
• Sicilian: dimucrazzìa — government under the rule of its people
• Slovene: demokracija — government under the rule of its people
• Spanish: democracia — government under the rule of its people
• Sranan Tongo: demokrâsia — government under the rule of its people
• Swahili: demokrasia — government under the rule of its people
• Swedish: demokrati — government under the rule of its people
• Tagalog: demokrasya — government under the rule of its people
• Tamil: மக்களாட்சி (makkaḷāṭci) — government under the rule of its people
• Tamil: ஜனநாயகம் (jaṉanāyakam) — government under the rule of its people
• Telugu: ప్రజాస్వామ్యం (prajāsvāmyaṁ) — government under the rule of its people
• Ukrainian: демокра́тія (demokrátija) — government under the rule of its people
• Urdu: جَمْہُورِیَت (jamhūriyat) — government under the rule of its people
• Urdu: لوک شاہی (lok śāhī) — government under the rule of its people
• Vietnamese: dân chủ — government under the rule of its people
• Welsh: democratiaeth — government under the rule of its people