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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French democratie (French démocratie), from Medieval Latin democratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía), from δῆμος (dêmos, “common people”) + κράτος (krátos, “rule, strength”).
Pronunciation
Noun
demokracie f
- democracy
- Synonym: lidovláda
Declension
Declension of demokracie (soft feminine)
Further reading
- “demokracie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “demokracie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “demokracie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)