oligarquia
See also: oligarquía
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía). By surface analysis, oligarca + -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [u.li.ɣərˈki.ə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.li.ɣərˈki.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.li.ɣaɾˈki.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
Noun
oligarquia f (plural oligarquies)
Related terms
Further reading
- “oligarquia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “oligarquia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “oligarquia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “oligarquia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía). By surface analysis, oligarca + -ia or oligo- + -arquia
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.li.ɡaʁˈki.ɐ/ [o.li.ɡahˈki.ɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /o.li.ɡaɾˈki.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o.li.ɡaʁˈki.ɐ/ [o.li.ɡaχˈki.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.li.ɡaɻˈki.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.li.ɡɐɾˈki.ɐ/ [ɔ.li.ɣɐɾˈki.ɐ]
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: o‧li‧gar‧qui‧a
Noun
oligarquia f (plural oligarquias)
- (uncountable) oligarchy (government by only a few)
- oligarchy (those who make up an oligarchic government)
- oligarchy (state ruled by such a government)
Related terms
Further reading
- “oligarquia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “oligarquia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “oligarquia” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “oligarquia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “oligarquia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “oligarquia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025