"-crat" meaning in English

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Suffix

IPA: /-kɹæt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “power, might”), modelled after words of Ancient Greek origin such as democrat and aristocrat. From Proto-Indo-European *kret- (English hard). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|κράτος|t=power, might}} Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “power, might”), {{m|en|democrat}} democrat, {{m|en|aristocrat}} aristocrat, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kret-}} Proto-Indo-European *kret-, {{m|en|hard}} hard Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -crat, {{en-suffix}} -crat
  1. A participant in a specified form of government. Tags: morpheme Translations (participant): -crata [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), -krat [common-gender] (Danish), -kraatti (Finnish), -crate (French), -crata [feminine, masculine] (Galician), -კრატი (-ḳraṭi) (Georgian), -krat [masculine] (German), -kratin [feminine] (German), -κράτης (-krátis) [masculine] (Greek), -krata (Hungarian), -laithí [masculine] (Irish), -cratico [masculine] (Italian), -cratica [feminine] (Italian), ⁧سالار⁩ (-sâlâr) (Persian), -crata [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), -крат (-krat) (Russian), -crata [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), -krat [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--crat-en-suffix-vfzWLAM5 Disambiguation of 'participant': 89 11
  2. An advocate of a specified form of government. Tags: morpheme Translations (advocate): -crata [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), -krat [common-gender] (Danish), -kraatti (Finnish), -crate (French), -crata [feminine, masculine] (Galician), -კრატი (-ḳraṭi) (Georgian), -krat [masculine] (German), -kratin [feminine] (German), -κράτης (-krátis) [masculine] (Greek), -krata (Hungarian), -cratico [masculine] (Italian), -cratica [feminine] (Italian), -crata [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), -крат (-krat) (Russian), -crata [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), -krat [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--crat-en-suffix-21qup8Jw Disambiguation of 'advocate': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -cracy, -cratic

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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "advocate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-crata"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "advocate",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "-krat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-crat"
}

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