bureaucratie

bureaucratie (plural bureaucraties)

1. Alternative form of bureaucracy.

Borrowed from French bureaucratie.

• IPA^(key): /ˌby.roː.kraːˈ(t)si/

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• Hyphenation: bu‧reau‧cra‧tie
• Rhymes: -i

bureaucratie f (plural bureaucratieën)

1. bureaucracy (system of organising the civil service; civil service corps; red tape)

• bureaucraat
• bureaucratisch

• Afrikaans: burokrasie
• → Indonesian: birokrasi

From bureau +‎ -cratie. Coined by Vincent de Gournay in the 18th century.

• IPA^(key): /by.ʁo.kʁa.si/, /by.ʁɔ.kʁa.si/

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bureaucratie f (plural bureaucraties)

1. bureaucracy (structure and regulations in place to control activity)

• bureaucrate

• “bureaucratie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.