/de.mɔ.kʁa.tik/
Translation
democratic
Word origin
From Greek dēmokratia (dēmos, 'people', and kratos, 'power, rule'), via French démocratie. English democracy and democratic come from the same root.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- dēmokratia
- English cognates
- democracy, democratic
Grammar
Examples
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France is a democratic republic.
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The country held its first democratic elections last year.
institutions '.
Democratic institutions guarantee freedom of expression.
Like most French adjectives ending in -ique, doesn't change for gender: un pays démocratique, une élection démocratique.
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