бюрократия

See also: бюрократія

Russian

Etymology

From French bureaucratie, likely through German Bürokratie. Stressed the same way as in бюрокра́т.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲʊrɐˈkratʲɪjə]

• Audio:

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Noun

бюрокра́тия • (bjurokrátija) f inan (genitive бюрокра́тии, uncountable)

1. (usually uncountable) bureaucracy, the excessive power of civil servants
2. (usually uncountable) officialdom, the officials, the class of civil servants

   Synonym: чиновничество (činovničestvo)

3. (usually uncountable) red tape

   Synonym: бюрократи́зм (bjurokratízm)

Declension

Declension of бюрокра́тия (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	бюрокра́тия bjurokrátija
genitive	бюрокра́тии bjurokrátii
dative	бюрокра́тии bjurokrátii
accusative	бюрокра́тию bjurokrátiju
instrumental	бюрокра́тией, бюрокра́тиею bjurokrátijej, bjurokrátijeju
prepositional	бюрокра́тии bjurokrátii

Related terms

• бюрокра́т (bjurokrát)
• бюрократи́ческий (bjurokratíčeskij)

Descendants

• → Georgian: ბიუროკრატია (biuroḳraṭia)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бюрократия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress