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-crat

/-kɹæt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
-crat
IPA
/-kɹæt/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

A participant in a specified form of government.

suffix

An advocate of a specified form of government.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kret-der. Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos)bor. English -crat 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).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: κράτος, *kret-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /-kɹæt/
  • British English: /-kɹæt/

Inflected Forms

-crats (plural)

Derived Forms

aristocrat autocrat bureaucrat cosmocrat gerontocrat meritocrat monocrat plutocrat technocrat thalassocrat democrat mobocrat

Phrases

-cracy -cratic

Frequently Paired Words

-cracy -cratic

Questions

How do you pronounce -crat?
The recorded pronunciation is /-kɹæt/.
What does -crat mean?
A participant in a specified form of government.
Where does -crat come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce -crat

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