oligarch

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːk/
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• US: /ˈɑləɡɑɹk/
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• US: /ˈoʊləɡɑɹk/
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From French oligarque, olygarche, from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs). By surface analysis, olig- (“few”) + -arch (“ruler, leader”).

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oligarg — a member of an oligarchy
• Albanian: oligark — a member of an oligarchy
• Armenian: օլիգարխ (ōligarx) — a member of an oligarchy
• Asturian: oligarca — a member of an oligarchy
• Azerbaijani: oliqarx — a member of an oligarchy
• Basque: oligarka — a member of an oligarchy
• Belarusian: аліга́рх (alihárx) — a member of an oligarchy
• Bulgarian: олига́рх (oligárh) — a member of an oligarchy
• Catalan: oligarca — a member of an oligarchy
• Chinese Mandarin: 寡頭 /寡头 (guǎtóu) — a member of an oligarchy
• Corsican: oligarca — a member of an oligarchy
• Czech: oligarcha — a member of an oligarchy
• Danish: oligark — a member of an oligarchy
• Dutch: oligarch — a member of an oligarchy
• Esperanto: oligarĥo — a member of an oligarchy
• Esperanto: oligarko — a member of an oligarchy
• Estonian: oligarh — a member of an oligarchy
• Finnish: oligarkki — a member of an oligarchy
• French: oligarque — a member of an oligarchy
• Georgian: ოლიგარქი (oligarki) — a member of an oligarchy
• German: Oligarch — a member of an oligarchy
• German: Oligarchin — a member of an oligarchy
• Greek: ολιγαρχικός (oligarchikós) — a member of an oligarchy
• Ancient Greek: ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs) — a member of an oligarchy
• Hebrew: אוֹלִיגַרְךְ (oligarkh) — a member of an oligarchy
• Hungarian: oligarcha — a member of an oligarchy
• Ido: oligarko — a member of an oligarchy
• Indonesian: oligark — a member of an oligarchy
• Indonesian: bohir — a member of an oligarchy
• Interlingua: oligarcha — a member of an oligarchy
• Italian: oligarca — a member of an oligarchy
• Japanese: 寡頭 (katō) — a member of an oligarchy
• Kazakh: олигарх (oligarx) — a member of an oligarchy
• Korean: 과두 (gwadu) — a member of an oligarchy
• Kyrgyz: олигарх (oligarh) — a member of an oligarchy
• Latin: oligarcha — a member of an oligarchy
• Latvian: oligarhs — a member of an oligarchy
• Lithuanian: oligarchas — a member of an oligarchy
• Macedonian: олигарх (oligarh) — a member of an oligarchy
• Maltese: oligarka — a member of an oligarchy
• Norwegian Bokmål: oligark — a member of an oligarchy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oligark — a member of an oligarchy
• Occitan: oligarca — a member of an oligarchy
• Persian: الیگارک (oligârk) — a member of an oligarchy
• Polish: oligarcha — a member of an oligarchy
• Polish: oligarchini — a member of an oligarchy
• Portuguese: oligarca — a member of an oligarchy
• Romanian: oligarh — a member of an oligarchy
• Romanian: олигарх (oligarh) — a member of an oligarchy
• Russian: олига́рх (oligárx) — a member of an oligarchy
• Serbo-Croatian: олѝгарх — a member of an oligarchy
• Serbo-Croatian: olìgarh — a member of an oligarchy
• Slovak: oligarcha — a member of an oligarchy
• Slovene: oligarh — a member of an oligarchy
• Spanish: oligarca — a member of an oligarchy
• Swedish: oligark — a member of an oligarchy
• Tagalog: untipuno — a member of an oligarchy
• Tagalog: oligarka — a member of an oligarchy
• Tajik: олигарх (oligarx) — a member of an oligarchy
• Turkish: oligark — a member of an oligarchy
• Turkmen: oligarh — a member of an oligarchy
• Ukrainian: оліга́рх (olihárx) — a member of an oligarchy
• Ukrainian: олігархи́ня (oliharxýnja) — a member of an oligarchy
• Uzbek: oligarx — a member of an oligarchy
• Vietnamese: đầu sỏ chính trị — a member of an oligarchy
• Yiddish: אָליגאַרך (oligarkh) — a member of an oligarchy