бюрократия

See also: бюрократія

Russian

Etymology

From French bureaucratie, likely through German Bürokratie. Stressed the same way as in бюрокра́т.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʲʊrɐˈkratʲɪjə]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

бюрокра́тия • (bjurokrátija) f inan (genitive бюрокра́тии, uncountable)

1. (usually uncountable) bureaucracy, the excessive power of civil servants
2. (usually uncountable) officialdom, the officials, the class of civil servants

   Synonym: чиновничество (činovničestvo)

3. (usually uncountable) red tape

   Synonym: бюрократи́зм (bjurokratízm)

Declension

Declension of бюрокра́тия (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	бюрокра́тия bjurokrátija
genitive	бюрокра́тии bjurokrátii
dative	бюрокра́тии bjurokrátii
accusative	бюрокра́тию bjurokrátiju
instrumental	бюрокра́тией, бюрокра́тиею bjurokrátijej, bjurokrátijeju
prepositional	бюрокра́тии bjurokrátii

Derived terms

• бюрократи́ческий (bjurokratíčeskij)

Related terms

• бюро́ n (bjuró)
• бюрокра́т m anim (bjurokrát)

Descendants

• → Georgian: ბიუროკრატია (biuroḳraṭia)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бюрократия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бюрократия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 248
• Anikin, A. E. (2011) “бюрократия”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 5 (буба – вакштаф), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 297