γραφειοκρατία

Greek

Etymology

From γραφείο (grafeío, “office, bureau”) +‎ -κρατία (-kratía, “-cracy”). Calque of French bureaucratie. First attested 1851.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɾafiokɾaˈtia/
  • Hyphenation: γρα‧φει‧ο‧κρα‧τί‧α

Noun

γραφειοκρατία • (grafeiokratía) f (uncountable)

  1. bureaucracy

Declension

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