-archy

/ɑː.ki//ə.ki//ɑɹ.ki//əɹ.ki/

form of government or rule

Similar
-cracy
OriginLatin -archia ← Ancient Greek -αρχίᾱ →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. form of government or rule

    Synonyms: -cracy

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
-cracy

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek-αρχίᾱ
  2. Latin-archia
  3. English-archy

From Latin -archia, from Ancient Greek -αρχίᾱ (-arkhíā), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule, government”).

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Translations

Afrikaans -argie
  • -argieform of government or rule
Ancient Greek -αρχία
  • -αρχία (-arkhía)form of government or rule
Arabic سُلْطَةُ
  • سُلْطَةُ (sulṭatu)form of government or rule
Basque -arkia
  • -arkiaform of government or rule
Bulgarian -а́рхия
  • -а́рхия (-árhija)form of government or rule
Catalan -arquia
  • -arquiaform of government or rule
Czech -archie
  • -archieform of government or rule
Danish -arki
  • -arkiform of government or rule
Dutch -archie
  • -archieform of government or rule
Esperanto -arkio, -arĥio
  • -arkioform of government or rule
  • -arĥioform of government or rule
Estonian -arhia
  • -arhiaform of government or rule
Finnish -arkia
  • -arkiaform of government or rule
French -archie
  • -archieform of government or rule
German -archie
  • -archieform of government or rule
Greek -αρχία
  • -αρχία (-archía)form of government or rule
Hebrew ־ארכיה
  • ־ארכיה (árkhiya)form of government or rule
Hungarian -archia
  • -archiaform of government or rule
Indonesian -arki
  • -arkiform of government or rule
Irish -arcacht
  • -arcachtform of government or rule
Italian -archia
  • -archiaform of government or rule
Latin -archia
  • -archiaform of government or rule
Latvian -arhija
  • -arhijaform of government or rule
Lithuanian -arhija
  • -arhijaform of government or rule
Norwegian Bokmål -arki
  • -arkiform of government or rule
Polish -archia
  • -archiaform of government or rule
Portuguese -arquia
  • -arquiaform of government or rule
Romanian -arhie, -архие
  • -arhieform of government or rule
  • -архие (-arhie)form of government or rule
Russian -а́рхия
  • -а́рхия (-árxija)form of government or rule
Slovak -archia
  • -archiaform of government or rule
Spanish -arquía
  • -arquíaform of government or rule
Swedish -arki
  • -arkiform of government or rule
Tagalog -arkiya
  • -arkiyaform of government or rule
Thai -ธิปไตย
  • -ธิปไตยform of government or rule
Turkish -arşi
  • -arşiform of government or rule
Ukrainian -а́рхія
  • -а́рхія (-árxija)form of government or rule
Yiddish ־אַרכיע
  • ־אַרכיע (-arkhye)form of government or rule
Cite this entry
APA

-archy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-archy

MLA

“-archy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-archy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-archy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-archy.

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