gerontocracia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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)
- (government) gerontocracy (rule by elders)
Further reading
- “gerontocracia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “gerontocracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeɾontoˈkɾaθja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.θja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /xeɾontoˈkɾasja/ [xe.ɾõn̪.t̪oˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aθja (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ge‧ron‧to‧cra‧cia
Noun
gerontocracia f (plural gerontocracias)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gerontocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025