democratie

See also: démocratie and democrație

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from French démocratie, from Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdeː.moː.kraːˈ(t)si/
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  • Hyphenation: de‧mo‧cra‧tie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

democratie f (plural democratieën, diminutive democratietje n)

  1. (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.

Derived terms

  • basisdemocratie
  • consensusdemocratie
  • dramademocratie
  • massademocratie
  • participatiedemocratie
  • penduledemocratie
  • sorrydemocratie

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: demokrasie
  • Malay: demokrasi
    Indonesian: démokrasi
  • Peranakan Indonesian: democratie

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).[1]

Noun

democratie f (plural democraties)

  1. democracy; popular rule

Descendants

References

  1. Etymology and history of démocratie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch democratie (democracy).

Noun

democratie

  1. 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.[1](please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  1. Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 64
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