Italian Etymology From burocrate (“bureaucrat”) + -ese. Pronunciation IPA(key): /bu.ro.kraˈte.ze/ Rhymes: -eze Hyphenation: bu‧ro‧cra‧té‧se Noun burocratese m (plural burocratesi) bureaucratese, officialese Further reading burocratese in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.