biurokrata

See also: biurokratą

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bureaucrate. First attested in 1819.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bju.rɔkˈra.ta/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: biu‧rok‧ra‧ta

Noun

biurokrata m pers

  1. (derogatory) paper-pusher, bureaucrat
    Synonym: zarękawek
    bezduszny biurokrataa soulless paper-pusher
    typowy biurokrataa typical paper-pusher
    polscy biurokraciPolish paper-pushers
    lokalni biurokracilocal paper-pushers
    ministerialni biurokraciministerial paper-pushers
    państwowi biurokracistate paper-pushers
    partyjni biurokraciparty paper-pushers
    rządowi biurokracigovernment paper-pushers
    unijni biurokraciunion paper-pushers
    sztywni biurokracistiff paper-pushers

Declension

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References

  1. Franz Joseph Jekel (1819) O Polszcze iey dzieiach i konstytucyi. T. 2 cz. 1, page 207

Further reading

  • biurokrata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • biurokrata in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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