democratic

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk/
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• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: /ˌdɛməˈkɹatɪk/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌdɛməˈkɹætɪk/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˌdɛməˈkɹæɾɪk]
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• US, pin-pen-merger: /ˌdɪməˈkɹætɪk/
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• US, pin-pen-merger: [ˌdɪməˈkɹæɾɪk]
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• Australian: /ˌdeməˈkɹætɪk/
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• Australian: [ˌdeməˈkɹæɾɪk]
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• New-Zealand: /ˌdeməˈkɹɛtək/
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• New-Zealand: [ˌdeməˈkɹɛɾək]
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• Scotland, Wales: /ˌdɛməˈkɾatɪk/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh2- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *déh2mos Proto-Hellenic *dā́mos Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) Ancient Greek δημο- (dēmo-) 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) Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokrătĭkós)bor. Late Latin democraticuslbor. Middle French democratiquebor. ▲ Late Latin democraticusbor. English democratic From Middle French democratique (“pertaining to democracy, democratic”) (modern French démocratique), and its etymon Late Latin democraticus (“pertaining to democracy, democratic; democrat”), from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokrătĭkós, “of or for democracy; favouring or suited for democracy”), from δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokrătĭ́ā, “democracy”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix with the sense ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives). Δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Dēmokrătĭ́ā) is derived from δῆμος (dêmos, “the common people; free citizens, sovereign people; popular assembly; popular government, democracy”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh2- (“to divide; to share”)) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, suffix meaning ‘government; rule’) (from κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “might, strength; dominion, power”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“insight, intelligence; strength”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). By surface analysis, demo- + -cratic or democrat + -ic.

See democratic.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: demokratik — pertaining to democracy
• Albanian: demokratike — pertaining to democracy
• Arabic: دِيمُقْرَاطِيّ (dīmuqrāṭiyy) — pertaining to democracy
• Armenian: դեմոկրատական (demokratakan) — pertaining to democracy
• Armenian: ժողովրդավարական (žoġovrdavarakan) — pertaining to democracy
• Armenian: ռամկավարական (ṙamkavarakan) — pertaining to democracy
• Aromanian: dimucratescu — pertaining to democracy
• Aromanian: dimucrãtescu — pertaining to democracy
• Aromanian: dimucrateascã — pertaining to democracy
• Aromanian: dimucrãteascã — pertaining to democracy
• Azerbaijani: demokratik — pertaining to democracy
• Belarusian: дэмакраты́чны (demakratýčny) — pertaining to democracy
• Bulgarian: демократи́чески (demokratíčeski) — pertaining to democracy
• Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci) — pertaining to democracy
• Burmese: ဒီမိုကရက်တစ် (dimuika.raktac) — pertaining to democracy
• Catalan: democràtic — pertaining to democracy
• Chinese Mandarin: 民主的 (mínzhǔ de) — pertaining to democracy
• Czech: demokratický — pertaining to democracy
• Danish: demokratisk — pertaining to democracy
• Dutch: democratisch — pertaining to democracy
• Esperanto: demokratia — pertaining to democracy
• Estonian: demokraatlik — pertaining to democracy
• Finnish: demokraattinen — pertaining to democracy
• French: démocratique — pertaining to democracy
• Galician: democrático — pertaining to democracy
• Georgian: დემოკრატიული (demoḳraṭiuli) — pertaining to democracy
• German: demokratisch — pertaining to democracy
• Greek: δημοκρατικός (dimokratikós) — pertaining to democracy
• Ancient Greek: δημοκρατικός (dēmokratikós) — pertaining to democracy
• Hebrew: דֵּמוֹקְרָטִי (demokráti) — pertaining to democracy
• Hindi: डेमोक्रेटिक (ḍemokreṭik) — pertaining to democracy
• Hindi: लोकतान्त्रिक (loktāntrik) — pertaining to democracy
• Hindi: प्रजातंत्रवादी (prajātantravādī) — pertaining to democracy
• Hungarian: demokratikus — pertaining to democracy
• Icelandic: lýðræðislegur — pertaining to democracy
• Ido: demokratiala — pertaining to democracy
• Irish: daonlathach — pertaining to democracy
• Italian: democratico — pertaining to democracy
• Japanese: 民主的な (minshuteki na) — pertaining to democracy
• Kazakh: демократиялық (demokratiälyq) — pertaining to democracy
• Khmer: ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ (prɑciəthɨppaʼtay) — pertaining to democracy
• Korean: 민주적인 (minjujeogin) — pertaining to democracy
• Central Kurdish: دیموکراتی (dîmukratî) — pertaining to democracy
• Northern Kurdish: demokratîk — pertaining to democracy
• Kyrgyz: демократиялык (demokratiyalık) — pertaining to democracy
• Lao: ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ (pa sā thi pa tai) — pertaining to democracy
• Latvian: demokrātisks — pertaining to democracy
• Lithuanian: demokratiškas — pertaining to democracy
• Macedonian: демократски (demokratski) — pertaining to democracy
• Malay: demokratik — pertaining to democracy
• Maltese: demokratiku — pertaining to democracy
• Māori: manapori — pertaining to democracy
• Marathi: लोकशाही (lokśāhī) — pertaining to democracy
• Mongolian: ардчилсан (ardčilsan) — pertaining to democracy
• Norwegian Bokmål: demokratisk — pertaining to democracy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: demokratisk — pertaining to democracy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: folkestyrd — pertaining to democracy
• Occitan: democratic — pertaining to democracy
• Pashto: دېموکراتيک (demokrātík) — pertaining to democracy
• Persian: دموکراتیک (demokrâtik) — pertaining to democracy
• Persian: مردمسالارانه (mardomsâlârâne) — pertaining to democracy
• Polish: demokratyczny — pertaining to democracy
• Portuguese: democrático — pertaining to democracy
• Romanian: democratic — pertaining to democracy
• Russian: демократи́ческий (demokratíčeskij) — pertaining to democracy
• Serbo-Croatian: демо̀кратскӣ — pertaining to democracy
• Serbo-Croatian: demòkratskī — pertaining to democracy
• Slovak: demokratický — pertaining to democracy
• Slovene: demokratičen — pertaining to democracy
• Spanish: democrático — pertaining to democracy
• Swedish: demokratisk — pertaining to democracy
• Tajik: демократӣ (demokrati) — pertaining to democracy
• Thai: ประชาธิปไตย (bprà-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — pertaining to democracy
• Turkish: demokratik — pertaining to democracy
• Turkmen: demokratik — pertaining to democracy
• Ukrainian: демократи́чний (demokratýčnyj) — pertaining to democracy
• Urdu: جمہوری (jamhūrī) — pertaining to democracy
• Uyghur: دېموكراتىك (dëmokratik) — pertaining to democracy
• Uzbek: demokratik — pertaining to democracy
• Vietnamese: dân chủ — pertaining to democracy
• Yiddish: דעמאָקראַטיש (demokratish) — pertaining to democracy