oligarchia

From Latin oligarchia (“oligarchy”), from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía, “rule of the few”), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler, leader”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈoliɡɒrɦijɒ]
• Hyphenation: oli‧gar‧chia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

oligarchia (plural oligarchiák)

1. (politics) oligarchy

• oligarchia in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

oligarchia (plural oligarchias)

1. (politics) oligarchy

From Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía). By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) +‎ -archia (“rule”, “government”).

• IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡarˈki.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: o‧li‧gar‧chì‧a

oligarchia f (plural oligarchie)

1. (politics) oligarchy

• oligarchia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• oligarchia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• oligarchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔ.lɪˈɡar.kʰi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.liˈɡar.ki.a]

oligarchia f (genitive oligarchiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, politics) oligarchy
   • 1313, Dante Alighieri, “Liber I [Book 1]”, in De monarchia [About monarchy]:

     Genus humanum solum imperante Monarcha, sui, et non alterius gratia, est: tunc enim solum Politiae diriguntur obliquae, democratiae scilicet, oligarchiae atque tyrannides, quae in servitute cogunt genus humanum.

     Only when the monarch rules, mankind exists for his own sake, and not of others: for only then are the twisted governments rightened, namely democracies, oligarchies and tyrannies, which force mankind into slavery.

First-declension noun.

From Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.liˈɡar.xja/

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• Rhymes: -arxja
• Syllabification: o‧li‧gar‧chia

oligarchia f

1. (politics) oligarchy

• oligarchia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oligarchia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Derived from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔliɡarxi̯a]

oligarchia f (relational adjective oligarchický)

1. (politics) oligarchy

• “oligarchia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025