gerontocracia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾõ.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾõ.to.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾõ.to.kɾaˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.ɾõ.tɔ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

Noun

gerontocracia f (plural gerontocracias)

1. (government) gerontocracy (rule by elders)

Spanish

Etymology

From geronto- +‎ -cracia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xeɾontoˈkɾaθja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /xeɾontoˈkɾasja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: ge‧ron‧to‧cra‧cia

Noun

gerontocracia f (plural gerontocracias)

1. gerontocracy

Derived terms

• gerontocrático

 

Further reading

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