different between ballotin vs balloting

English

Etymology

From French ballotin.

Noun

ballotin (plural ballotins)

1. A small, elegant box (usually containing chocolates).
   • 1989 November, Texas Monthly, volume 17, number 11, page 179:

     […] jingle bells chime in with the season's magic in this lovely tapestry ballotin filled with 1 6 oz. of assorted chocolates.

2. (obsolete) An officer in charge of a ballot box.
   • James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana

     one Secretary or Ballotin with a red Box shall follow the green one: and every Senator shall put one Ball into for one of these six boxes

Translations

References

• ballotin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From ballot (“bundle”), diminutive of balle (“bundle tied together with string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.l?.t??/

Noun

ballotin m (plural ballotins)

1. a small, elegant box, usually of cardboard, containing pralines (chocolate).

Further reading

• “ballotin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Verb

balloting

1. present participle of ballot

Noun

balloting (plural ballotings)

1. A vote or decision made by ballot.