-crat

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κράτος (kratos, “power, might”), modelled after words of Ancient Greek origin such as democrat and aristocrat.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /—kɹæt/

Suffix

-crat

1. A participant in a specified form of government.
2. An advocate of a specified form of government.

Related terms

• -cracy

Derived terms

Participant

aristocrat autocrat bureaucrat cosmocrat gerontocrat

meritocrat monocrat plutocrat technocrat thalassocrat

Advocate

aristocrat autocrat bureaucrat democrat gerontocrat meritocrat mobocrat

monocrat ochlocrat physiocrat plutocrat technocrat theocrat

Translations

• French: -crate (fr)
• Greek: -κράτης (el) (-krátis) m , -κράτισσα (el) (-krátissa) f 

• Spanish: -crata (es)