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Dutch
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Etymology
Borrowing from French démocratie, from Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdeː.moː.kraːˈ(t)si/
- Hyphenation: de‧mo‧cra‧tie
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
democratie f (plural democratieën, diminutive democratietje n)
- (uncountable, countable) democracy
Aan de basis van elke democratie ligt die vrijheid, die in de loop der tijden is bevochten, zei Hare Majesteit de koningin.- At the basis of each democracy lies that freedom, which in the course of time has been gained, said Her Majesty the queen.
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Middle French
Etymology
First known attestation 1370-1372 in Les Ethiques en françois a translation of Aristotle by Nicolas Oresme, borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).
Noun
democratie f (plural democraties)
- democracy; popular rule
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Peranakan Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch democratie (“democracy”).
Noun
democratie
- democracy
- Sabegitoe djaoe jang saia taoe toean Yap Soei Tjiang di Semarang jang pertama sebagi orang Tionghoa moelai bergerak dalem ini djoeroesan dengen ambil bagian dalem sala-satoe vereeniging social democratie Olanda. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References
- ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 64