meritocracia
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/, /mɛ.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.a/, /mɛ.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ɾi.tɔ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/
Noun
meritocracia f (plural meritocracias)
- meritocracy (government by those with merit)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɾitoˈkɾaθja/ [me.ɾi.t̪oˈkɾa.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /meɾitoˈkɾasja/ [me.ɾi.t̪oˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: me‧ri‧to‧cra‧cia
Noun
meritocracia f (plural meritocracias)
- meritocracy (government by those with merit)
Further reading
- “meritocracia”, 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