plutocracia
See also: plutocràcia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /plu.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /plu.to.kɾaˈsi.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /plu.tu.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: plu‧to‧cra‧ci‧a
Noun
plutocracia f (plural plutocracias)
- plutocracy (government by the wealthy)
- plutocracy (controlling class of the wealthy)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía), from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + κράτος (krátos, “strength, might”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plutoˈkɾaθja/ [plu.t̪oˈkɾa.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /plutoˈkɾasja/ [plu.t̪oˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθja (Spain)
- Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: plu‧to‧cra‧cia
Noun
plutocracia f (plural plutocracias)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “plutocracia”, 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