"democratic" in seven languages
Meaningdemocratic
Spanish
democrático
/demoˈkɾatiko/
learned
French
démocratique
/demɔkʁatik/
learned
Italian
democratico
/demoˈkratiko/
learned
Portuguese
democrático
/demoˈkɾatʃiku/
learned
Romanian
democratic
/demoˈkratik/
learned
Catalan
democràtic
/dəmuˈkɾatik/
learned
English
democratic
/dɛməˈkɹætɪk/
from Latin/French · French démocratique, from Greek
English → ItaliandemocraticdemocraticoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The ancestor
Greek dēmokratikós‘of rule by the people’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Greek dêmos 'the people' + krátos 'power'. The suffix maps neatly: English -ic, Spanish and Italian -ico, French -ique.
English relatives: democracy, democrat, aristocratic
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In a sentence
- esEs un país democrático.
- frC'est un pays démocratique.
- itÈ un paese democratico.
- ptÉ um país democrático.
- roEste o țară democratică.
- caÉs un país democràtic.
- enIt is a democratic country.
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