monarchy

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəki/
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• General-American: /ˈmɑnɚki/
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• General-American: /ˈmɑˌnɑɹki/
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From Old French monarchie, from Late Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, authority”). By surface analysis, mon- (“one, single”) + -archy (“rule, command”).

151 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: monargie — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Albanian: mbretëri — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Albanian: monarki — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Arabic: مَلِكِيَّة (malikiyya) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Armenian: միապետություն (miapetutʻyun) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Assamese: ৰাজতন্ত্ৰ (razotontro) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Asturian: monarquía — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Azerbaijani: monarxiya — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Azerbaijani: padşahlıq — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Azerbaijani: sultanlıq — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Azerbaijani: təkərklik — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Bashkir: монархия (monarxiya) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Basque: monarkia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Belarusian: мана́рхія (manárxija) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Bengali: রাজতন্ত্র (rajotontro) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Breton: unpenniezh — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Bulgarian: мона́рхия (monárhija) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Burmese: မင်း၏အစိုးရခြင်း (mang:ea.cui:ra.hkrang:) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Burmese: ဘုရင်စနစ် (bhu.rangca.nac) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Buryat: хаанта засаг (xaanta zasag) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Buryat: монархи (monarxi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Catalan: monarquia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Chechen: монархи (monarxi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Chinese Cantonese: 君主制 (gwan1 zyu2 zai3) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Chinese Cantonese: 王政 — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Chinese Mandarin: 君主制 (jūnzhǔzhì) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Chinese Mandarin: 王政 (wángzhèng) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Chuvash: ӗмпӳлӗх (ĕmp̬ülĕh) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Corsican: munarchia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Corsican: monarchia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Czech: monarchie — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Danish: monarki — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Dutch: monarchie — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Erzya: вейкинязорксчи (vejkińazorksči) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Esperanto: monarkio — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Esperanto: monarĥio — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Estonian: monarhia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Faroese: kongsveldi — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Finnish: monarkia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• French: monarchie — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• West-Frisian: monargy — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Friulian: monarchie — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Galician: monarquía — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Georgian: მონარქია (monarkia) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• German: Monarchie — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Greek: μοναρχία (monarchía) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Ancient Greek: μοναρχία (monarkhía) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Gujarati: રાજાશાહી (rājāśāhī) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Hebrew: מוֹנַרְכְיָה (monárkhia) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Hindi: राजतंत्र (rājtantra) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Hindi: बादशाहत (bādśāhat) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Hungarian: monarchia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Icelandic: konungsríki — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Icelandic: konungdæmi — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Ido: monarkio — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Indonesian: monarki — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Interlingua: monarchia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Irish: monarcacht — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Italian: monarchia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Japanese: 君主制 (kunshusei) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Kannada: ರಾಜಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ (rājaprabhutva) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Kashmiri: پادشاہَتھ (pādśāhath) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Kazakh: монархия (monarxiä) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Kazakh: патшалық (patşalyq) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Khmer: រាជាធិបតេយ្យ (riəciəthɨppaʼtay) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Korean: 군주제 (gunjuje) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Northern Kurdish: monarşî — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Northern Kurdish: padîşahî — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Northern Kurdish: keyîtî — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Northern Kurdish: ਬਾਦਸ਼ਾਹੀ (bādśāhī) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Kyrgyz: монархия (monarhiya) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Kyrgyz: падышалык (padışalık) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Kyrgyz: жекебийлик (jekebiylik) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Lao: ລາຊາທິປະໄຕ (lā sā thi pa tai) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Lao: ຣາຊາທິປະໄຕ (rā sā thi pa tai) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Latvian: monarhija — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Lithuanian: monarchija — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Macedonian: монархија (monarhija) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Malay: monarki — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Malayalam: രാജവാഴ്ച (rājavāḻca) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Malayalam: രാജാധിപത്യം (rājādhipatyaṁ) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Maltese: monarkija — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Māori: arikitanga — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Marathi: राजेशाही (rājeśāhī) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Eastern Mari: монархий (monarhij) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Mongolian: эзэн хаант улс (ezen xaant uls) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Mongolian: хаант засаг (xaant zasag) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Nepali: राजतन्त्र (rājatantra) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Norwegian Bokmål: monarki — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Norwegian Bokmål: kongedømme — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Norwegian Nynorsk: monarki — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Occitan: monarquia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Odia: ରାଜତନ୍ତ୍ର (rājatantra) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Pashto: پاچايي (pāčāyi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Pashto: بادشاهي (bādšāhi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Pashto: باچاهي (bāčāhi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Pashto: باچايي (bāčāyi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Pashto: پاچاهي (pāčāhi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Pashto: سلطنت (səltanat, soltanat) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Iranian Persian: سَلْطَنَت (saltanat) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Iranian Persian: پادِشاهی (pâdešâhi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Iranian Persian: پادْشاهی (pâdšâhi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Polish: monarchia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Portuguese: monarquia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Romagnol: munarchì — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Romanian: monarhie — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Romanian: монархие (monarhie) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Russian: мона́рхия (monárxija) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Samogitian: muonarkėjė — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Sanskrit: एकप्रभुत्व (ekaprabhutva) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Scottish Gaelic: monarcachd — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Serbo-Croatian: мона̀рхија — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Serbo-Croatian: monàrhija — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Sinhalese: රාජාණ්ඩුව (rājāṇḍuwa) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Slovak: monarchia — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Slovene: monarhija — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Spanish: monarquía — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Swedish: monarki — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tagalog: monarkiya — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tajik: салтанат (saltanat) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tajik: монархия (monarxiya) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tajik: хокимияти мутлақа (xokimiyat-i mutlaqa) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tajik: подшоҳӣ (podšohi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tajik: подишоҳӣ (podišohi) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tamil: முடியாட்சி (muṭiyāṭci) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tatar: монархия (monarxiyä) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tatar: патшалык (patşalıq) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Telugu: రాచరికం (rācarikaṁ) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Thai: ราชาธิปไตย (raa-chaa-tí-bpà-dtai) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Tibetan: རྒྱལ་སྲིད (rgyal srid) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Turkish: monarşi — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Turkish: padişahlık — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Turkish: sultanlık — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Turkmen: monarhiýa — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Turkmen: patyşalyk — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Ukrainian: мона́рхія (monárxija) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Urdu: بادْشاہَت (bādśāhat) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Urdu: سَلْطَنَت (saltanat) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Uyghur: پادىشاھلىق (padishahliq) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Uyghur: پادىشالىق (padishaliq) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Uyghur: مونارخىيە (monarxiye) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Uzbek: monarxiya — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Uzbek: podshohlik — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Vietnamese: quân chủ — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Vietnamese: chế độ quân chủ — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Vietnamese: nền quân chủ — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Welsh: archdeyrnieath — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Yakut: монархия (monarqiya) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Yiddish: קיניגרײַך (kínigraykh) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Yiddish: מאָנאַרכיע (monárkhye) — form of government with a hereditary head of state
• Yiddish: מלכות (málkhes) — form of government with a hereditary head of state