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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French bureaucrate. First attested in 1819.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bju.rɔˈkra.ta/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: biu‧ro‧kra‧ta
Noun
biurokrata m pers
- (derogatory) paper-pusher, bureaucrat
- Synonym: zarękawek
- bezduszny biurokrata ― a soulless paper-pusher
- typowy biurokrata ― a typical paper-pusher
- polscy biurokraci ― Polish paper-pushers
- lokalni biurokraci ― local paper-pushers
- ministerialni biurokraci ― ministerial paper-pushers
- państwowi biurokraci ― state paper-pushers
- partyjni biurokraci ― party paper-pushers
- rządowi biurokraci ― government paper-pushers
- unijni biurokraci ― union paper-pushers
- sztywni biurokraci ― stiff paper-pushers
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Franz Joseph Jekel (1819) O Polszcze iey dzieiach i konstytucyi. T. 2 cz. 1, page 207
Further reading
- biurokrata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- biurokrata in Polish dictionaries at PWN