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campaign
English
Etymology
From French campagne, from Italian campagna (“field, military operation”), from Late Latin camp?nia (“open country, battlefield”), from Latin campus (“field”). Doublet of campagna and champagne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæm?pe?n/, /k?m?pe?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
campaign (plural campaigns)
- A series of operations undertaken to achieve a set goal.
- The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
- (obsolete) An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills; a champaign.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Grath to this entry?)
- (obsolete) An excursion into the countryside.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Hebrew: ??????? (kampéin)
Translations
Verb
campaign (third-person singular simple present campaigns, present participle campaigning, simple past and past participle campaigned)
- (intransitive) To take part in a campaign.
- (transitive) Consistently ride in races for a racing season.
- 2014, Doug Boyce, Drag Racing's Quarter-Mile Warriors: Then & Now, chapter 1, 31:
- Ron campaigned the car for a couple seasons before selling it to Mark Danekas (Danekas blowers), who ran the car himself briefly before putting it on the market once again.
- 2014, Doug Boyce, Drag Racing's Quarter-Mile Warriors: Then & Now, chapter 1, 31:
Translations
Anagrams
- pangamic, panmagic
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ballot
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (“suffix forming diminutive nouns”); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bæl?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bæl?t/
- Hyphenation: bal?lot
- Rhymes: -æl?t
Noun
ballot (plural ballots)
- Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
- The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
- July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections
- the insufficiency of the ballot
- July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections
- The total of all the votes cast in an election.
- (chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.
Synonyms
- (paper or card used to cast a vote): ballot paper, voting slip
Derived terms
- absentee ballot
- ballot box
- butterfly ballot
- postal ballot
Translations
Verb
ballot (third-person singular simple present ballots, present participle balloting, simple past and past participle balloted)
- To vote or decide by ballot.
- To draw lots.
Translations
See also
- blackballing (also derived from the old practice of using balls to vote)
Further reading
- ballot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
balle +? -ot
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
ballot m (plural ballots)
- bundle, package
- (informal, derogatory) fool, nitwit
Derived terms
- C'est ballot
Further reading
- “ballot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /?palloh(t)/
Verb
ballot
- first-person plural imperative of ballat
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