бюрократия

Russian

Etymology

From French bureaucratie, likely through German Bürokratie. Stressed the same way as in бюрокра́т.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʲʊrɐˈkratʲɪjə]
  • (file)

Noun

бюрокра́тия • (bjurokrátija) f inan (genitive бюрокра́тии, uncountable)

  1. (usually uncountable) bureaucracy, the excessive power of civil servants
  2. (usually uncountable) officialdom, the officials, the class of civil servants
    Synonym: чиновничество (činovničestvo)
  3. (usually uncountable) red tape
    Synonym: бюрократи́зм (bjurokratízm)

Declension

Descendants

  • Georgian: ბიუროკრატია (biuroḳraṭia)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бюрократия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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