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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin hierarchia, from Ancient Greek ἱεραρχία (hierarkhía, “rule of a high priest”), from ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs, “high priest”), from ἱερεύς (hiereús, “priest”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”) (compare -archia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.rarˈki.a/
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: ge‧rar‧chì‧a
Noun
gerarchia f (plural gerarchie)
- hierarchy
Related terms
Further reading
- gerarchia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- gerarchia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- gerarchia in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- gerarchia in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- gerarchìa in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- gerarchìa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana