democratie
See also: démocratie and democrație
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- (before 1996) demokratie
Etymology edit
Borrowing from French démocratie, from Latin dēmocratia, from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
democratie f (plural democratieën, diminutive democratietje n)
- (uncountable, countable) democracy
- Aan de basis van elke democratie ligt die vrijheid, die in de loop der tijden is bevochten, zei Hare Majesteit de koningin.
- At the basis of each democracy lies that freedom, which in the course of time has been gained, said Her Majesty the queen.
Derived terms edit
- basisdemocratie
- consensusdemocratie
- dramademocratie
- massademocratie
- participatiedemocratie
- penduledemocratie
- sorrydemocratie
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: demokrasie
- → Malay: demokrasi
- → Indonesian: démokrasi
- → Peranakan Indonesian: democratie
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
First known attestation 1370-1372 in Les Ethiques en françois a translation of Aristotle by Nicolas Oresme, borrowed from Ancient Greek δημοκρατία (dēmokratía).[1]
Noun edit
democratie f (plural democraties)
- democracy; popular rule
Descendants edit
- French: démocratie
- → Danish: demokrati n
- → Dutch: democratie f
- Afrikaans: demokrasie
- → Malay: demokrasi
- → Indonesian: démokrasi
- → Peranakan Indonesian: democratie
- → German: Demokratie f
- → Hebrew: דֵּמוֹקְרַטְיָה f
- → Persian: دموکراسی
- → Romanian: democrație f
- → Turkish: demokrasi
- → Norman: démocratie
- → Czech: demokracie
- → English: democracy
- → Amharic: ዴሞክራሲ (demokrasi)
- → Burmese: ဒီမိုကရေစီ (dimuika.reci)
- → Chinese: 得莫克拉西 (démòkèlāxī), 德謨克拉西/德谟克拉西 (démókèlāxī)
- → Malay: demokrasi
- → S'gaw Karen: ဒံၣ်မိၣ်ခြ့ၣ်စံၣ် (deè moh̀ khraỳ seè)
- → Swahili: demokrasia
- → Western Kayah: ꤘꤟꤤ꤬ꤗꤥ꤬ꤊꤚꤢꤩ꤬ꤎꤤ꤬ (dì̤mòkrèsì)
References edit
- ^ Etymology and history of “démocratie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Peranakan Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch democratie (“democracy”).
Noun edit
democratie
- democracy
- Sabegitoe djaoe jang saia taoe toean Yap Soei Tjiang di Semarang jang pertama sebagi orang Tionghoa moelai bergerak dalem ini djoeroesan dengen ambil bagian dalem sala-satoe vereeniging social democratie Olanda.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
References edit
- ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 64