démocratique
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French democratique (“relating to democracy, democratic”), borrowed from Late Latin democraticus (“relating to democracy, democratic; democrat”), from Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐκός (dēmokratikós, “of or for democracy; favouring or suited for democracy”), from δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā, “democracy”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix with the sense ‘relating’ to forming adjectives). The French word is analysable as démocratie + -ique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.mɔ.kʁa.tik/
Audio (file) - Homophone: démocratiques
- Hyphenation: dé‧mo‧cra‧tique
Adjective
démocratique (plural démocratiques)
- democratic
- Synonym: républicain
- Antonyms: antidémocratique, dictatorial, totalitaire
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Action démocratique
- antidémocratique
- aristodémocratique
- démocratiquement
- néodémocratique
- prodémocratique
- pseudodémocratique
- socialisme démocratique
Related terms
Further reading
- “démocratique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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