gérontocratie
French, noun/ʒe.ʁɔ̃.tɔ.kʁa.si/
gérontocratie is spelled G-É-R-O-N-T-O-C-R-A-T-I-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written French, the 154,162nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gérontocratie is a French feminine noun meaning “gerontocracy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gouvernement, domination des vieillards”.
What does gérontocratie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegerontocracy
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gouvernement, domination des vieillards.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gérontocratie
- gérontocraties plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gérontocratie?
- /ʒe.ʁɔ̃.tɔ.kʁa.si/
- \ʒe.ʁɔ̃.tɔ.kʁa.si\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gérontocratie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gérontocratie in French?
gérontocratie appears about once in every 23 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).