meritocracia

Portuguese

Etymology

mérito +‎ -cracia

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/, /mɛ.ɾi.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/

• (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)

1. meritocracy (government by those with merit)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meɾitoˈkɾaθja/ [me.ɾi.t̪oˈkɾa.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /meɾitoˈkɾasja/ [me.ɾi.t̪oˈkɾa.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: me‧ri‧to‧cra‧cia

Noun

meritocracia f (plural meritocracias)

1. meritocracy (government by those with merit)

Further reading

• “meritocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014