democracia

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See also: democràcia

Aragonese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin democratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /demoˈkɾaθja/
  • Rhymes: -aθja
  • Syllabification: de‧mo‧cra‧cia

Noun

democracia f (plural democracias)

  1. democracy

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /demoˈkɾaθja/
  • Rhymes: -aθja
  • Hyphenation: de‧mo‧cra‧cia

Noun

democracia f (plural democracies)

  1. democracy

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /demoˈkɾaθja/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /demoˈkɾasja/

 

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /demokɾaˈθia/ (reintegrationist norm)
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /demokɾaˈsia/ (reintegrationist norm)

  • Hyphenation: de‧mo‧cra‧cia

Noun

democracia f (plural democracias)

  1. (uncountable) democracy (rule by the people)
  2. (countable, government) democracy (government under the rule of its people)

Further reading

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía). By surface analysis, demo- +‎ -cracia.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (most dialects) -iɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ia
  • Hyphenation: de‧mo‧cra‧ci‧a

Noun

democracia f (plural democracias)

  1. (uncountable) democracy (rule by the people)
  2. (countable, government) democracy (government under the rule of its people)

Further reading

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /demoˈkɾaθja/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /demoˈkɾasja/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aθja
  • Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: de‧mo‧cra‧cia

Noun

democracia f (plural democracias)

  1. (uncountable) democracy (rule by the people)
  2. (countable, government) democracy (government under the rule of its people)

Derived terms

Further reading