"bureaucratic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more bureaucratic [comparative], most bureaucratic [superlative]
Etymology: From French bureaucratique, from bureaucrate (“bureaucrat”) or bureaucratie (“bureaucracy”) + -ique (“-ic”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bureaucratique}} French bureaucratique, {{m|fr|bureaucrate|t=bureaucrat}} bureaucrate (“bureaucrat”), {{m|fr|bureaucratie|t=bureaucracy}} bureaucratie (“bureaucracy”), {{m|fr|-ique|t=-ic}} -ique (“-ic”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} bureaucratic (comparative more bureaucratic, superlative most bureaucratic)
  1. Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats. Categories (topical): Business, Organizations Derived forms: bureaucratic inertia Related terms: bureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucratese, bureaucratically, administrative Translations (of or pertaining to bureaucracy): burocráticu (Asturian), бюракраты́чны (bjurakratýčny) (Belarusian), burocràtic (Catalan), 官僚 (guānliáo) (Chinese Mandarin), byrokratický (Czech), bureaukratisk (Danish), bureaucratisch (Dutch), byrokraattinen (Finnish), virkavaltainen (Finnish), burocrático [masculine] (Galician), ბიუროკრატიული (biuroḳraṭiuli) (Georgian), bürokratisch (German), γραφειοκρατικός (grafeiokratikós) [masculine] (Greek), bürokratikus (Hungarian), birokratis (Indonesian), maorlathach (Irish), burocratico (Italian), төрешілдік (töreşıldık) (Kazakh), birokrātisks (Latvian), бирокра́тски (birokrátski) (Macedonian), بيروکراتيک [Jawi] (Malay), birokratik [Rumi] (Malay), biurokratyczny (Polish), biuralistyczny [pejorative] (Polish), burocrático (Portuguese), birocratic [masculine] (Romanian), бюрократи́ческий (bjurokratíčeskij) (Russian), burocrático (Spanish), byråkratisk (Swedish), bürokratik (Turkish), бюрократи́чний (bjurokratýčnyj) (Ukrainian)

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