birokrasi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bureaucratie, from French bureaucratie.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /biroˈkrasi/ [bi.roˈkra.si]
  • Rhymes: -asi
  • Syllabification: bi‧ro‧kra‧si

Noun

birokrasi

  1. bureaucracy (government by bureaus or their administrators or officers)
  2. (figurative, colloquial) bureaucracy (excessive red tape and routine in any administration, body or behaviour)

Derived terms

  • pembirokrasian

Further reading

Malay

Noun

birokrasi (plural birokrasi-birokrasi)

  1. bureaucracy

Further reading