"oligarch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˌoː.liˈɣɑrx/ Audio: Nl-oligarch.ogg Forms: oligarchen [plural], oligarchje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑrx Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs). Etymology templates: {{der|nl|grc|ὀλιγάρχης}} Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs) Head templates: {{nl-noun|m|-en|+}} oligarch m (plural oligarchen, diminutive oligarchje n)
  1. an oligarch (member of an oligarchy) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-oligarch-nl-noun-6J0vxhae
  2. a plutocrat, an oligarch, especially in relation to the former Eastern Bloc Tags: masculine Synonyms: plutocraat
    Sense id: en-oligarch-nl-noun-l1IVR1nr Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: oligarchie, oligarchisch

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑləɡɑɹk/ [US], /ˈoʊləɡɑɹk/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oligarch.wav Forms: oligarchs [plural]
Etymology: From French oligarque, olygarche, from Late Latin oligarcha, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs). By surface analysis, olig- (“few”) + -arch (“ruler, leader”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|oligarque}} French oligarque, {{der|en|LL.|oligarcha}} Late Latin oligarcha, {{der|en|grc|ὀλιγάρχης}} Ancient Greek ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs), {{surface analysis|en|olig-|-arch|t1=few|t2=ruler, leader}} By surface analysis, olig- (“few”) + -arch (“ruler, leader”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s}} oligarch (plural oligarchs)
  1. A member of an oligarchy; someone who is part of a small group that runs a country. Translations (a member of an oligarchy): oligarg (Afrikaans), oligark [masculine] (Albanian), ὀλιγάρχης (oligárkhēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), օլիգարխ (ōligarx) (Armenian), oligarca [feminine, masculine] (Asturian), oliqarx (Azerbaijani), oligarka [animate] (Basque), аліга́рх (alihárx) [masculine] (Belarusian), олига́рх (oligárh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), oligarca [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 寡頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 寡头 (guǎtóu) (Chinese Mandarin), oligarca [masculine] (Corsican), oligarcha [masculine] (Czech), oligark [common-gender] (Danish), oligarch [masculine] (Dutch), oligarĥo (Esperanto), oligarko (Esperanto), oligarh (Estonian), oligarkki (Finnish), oligarque (French), ოლიგარქი (oligarki) (Georgian), Oligarch [masculine] (German), Oligarchin [feminine] (German), ολιγαρχικός (oligarchikós) [masculine] (Greek), אוֹלִיגַרְךְ (oligarkh) [masculine] (Hebrew), oligarcha (Hungarian), oligarko (Ido), oligark (Indonesian), oligarcha (Interlingua), oligarca [masculine] (Italian), 寡頭 (katō) (alt: かとう) (Japanese), олигарх (oligarx) (Kazakh), 과두 (gwadu) (alt: 寡頭) (Korean), олигарх (oligarh) (Kyrgyz), oligarcha [masculine] (Latin), oligarhs [masculine] (Latvian), oligarchas [masculine] (Lithuanian), олигарх (oligarh) [masculine] (Macedonian), oligarka [masculine] (Maltese), oligark [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), oligark [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), oligarca [masculine] (Occitan), الیگارک (oligârk) (Persian), oligarcha [masculine] (Polish), oligarchini [feminine] (Polish), oligarca [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), oligarh [masculine] (Romanian), олигарх (oligarh) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Romanian), олига́рх (oligárx) [masculine] (Russian), олѝгарх [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), olìgarh [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), oligarcha [masculine] (Slovak), oligarh [masculine] (Slovene), oligarca [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), oligark [common-gender] (Swedish), untipuno (Tagalog), oligarka (Tagalog), олигарх (oligarx) (Tajik), oligark (Turkish), oligarh (Turkmen), оліга́рх (olihárx) [masculine] (Ukrainian), олігархи́ня (oliharxýnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), oligarx (Uzbek), đầu sỏ chính trị (Vietnamese), אָליגאַרך (oligarkh) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-oligarch-en-noun-vpE2N9pN Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 41 47 Disambiguation of 'a member of an oligarchy': 96 3 2
  2. A very wealthy business owner who wields political power. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: plutocrat, tycoonocrat
    Sense id: en-oligarch-en-noun-H6yJfGgP Disambiguation of People: 26 63 11 Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 41 47
  3. (cosmogony) A protoplanet formed during oligarchic accretion. Categories (topical): Cosmology
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38 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 3 36 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 10 40 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 4 36 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 35 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 35 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 10 40 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 6 39 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 6 39 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 35 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 10 40 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 10 40 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 10 40 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 7 39 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 34 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 7 39 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 38 60 Disambiguation of 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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: minigarch, oiligarch Related terms: oligarchal, oligarchic, oligarchical, oligarchy

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oligark"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarca"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "oligârk",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "word": "الیگارک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarcha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarchini"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "roman": "oligarh",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "олигарх"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oligárx",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "олига́рх"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "олѝгарх"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olìgarh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarcha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oligarca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oligark"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "word": "untipuno"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "word": "oligarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "oligarx",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "word": "олигарх"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "word": "oligark"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "word": "oligarh"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "olihárx",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оліга́рх"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oliharxýnja",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "олігархи́ня"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "word": "oligarx"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "word": "đầu sỏ chính trị"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oligarkh",
      "sense": "a member of an oligarchy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אָליגאַרך"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oligarch"
}

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