gerontocracia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾõ.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾõ.to.kɾaˈsi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.ɾõ.tɔ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

Noun

gerontocracia f (plural gerontocracias)

(government) gerontocracy (rule by elders)

Spanish

Etymology

From geronto- +‎ -cracia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xeɾontoˈkɾaθja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.θja] (Spain)
IPA^(key): /xeɾontoˈkɾasja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -aθja (Spain)
Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
Syllabification: ge‧ron‧to‧cra‧cia

Noun

gerontocracia f (plural gerontocracias)

gerontocracy

Derived terms

gerontocrático

Further reading

“gerontocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024