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vote
English
Etymology
From Latin v?tum, a form of vove? (“I vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek ??????? (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h?wog??-. The word is thus a doublet of vow.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /v??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /vo?t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
vote (plural votes)
- a formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
- an act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot
- Directive (EU) 2017/828 amending Directive 2007/36/EC, recital 10:
- Directive (EU) 2017/828 amending Directive 2007/36/EC, recital 10:
- (obsolete) an ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer
- 1633, Philip Massinger, “The Guardian”, in Three New Playes; viz. The Bashful Lover, The Guardian, The Very Woman. As They have been Often Acted at the Private-House in Black-Friers, by His Late Majesties Servants, with Great Applause, London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his Shop at the Sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, published 1655, OCLC 15553475; republished as “The Guardian. A Comical History. As It hath been Often Acted at the Private-House in Black-Friars, by His Late Majesty's Servants, with Great Applause, 1655.”, in Thomas Coxeter, editor, The Works of Philip Massinger. Volume the Fourth. Containing, The Guardian. A Very Woman. The Old Law. The City Madam. And Poems on Several Occasions, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Davies, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden, 1761, OCLC 6847259, Act V, scene i, page 71:
- Jol[ante]. In you, Sir, / I live; and when, or by the Cour?e of Nature, / Or Violence you mu?t fall, the End of my / Devotions is, that one and the ?ame Hour / May make us fit for Heaven. // Server. I join with you / In my votes that way: […]
- 1633, Philip Massinger, “The Guardian”, in Three New Playes; viz. The Bashful Lover, The Guardian, The Very Woman. As They have been Often Acted at the Private-House in Black-Friers, by His Late Majesties Servants, with Great Applause, London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his Shop at the Sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard, published 1655, OCLC 15553475; republished as “The Guardian. A Comical History. As It hath been Often Acted at the Private-House in Black-Friars, by His Late Majesty's Servants, with Great Applause, 1655.”, in Thomas Coxeter, editor, The Works of Philip Massinger. Volume the Fourth. Containing, The Guardian. A Very Woman. The Old Law. The City Madam. And Poems on Several Occasions, volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Davies, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden, 1761, OCLC 6847259, Act V, scene i, page 71:
- (obsolete) a formalized petition or request
- (obsolete) any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view
- any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
vote (third-person singular simple present votes, present participle voting, simple past and past participle voted)
- (intransitive) to cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election
- (transitive) to choose or grant by means of a vote, or by general consent
Hyponyms
- vote in
- vote out
- vote down
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- elect
- nominate
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: vot
- ? Rotokas: votu
Further reading
- vote and voting in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- Voting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- to've, veto
Asturian
Verb
vote
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of votar
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English vote. Doublet of vœu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?t/
- Homophones: votent, votes
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
vote m (plural votes)
- vote
Derived terms
- vote à main levée
Related terms
- votant
Verb
vote
- inflection of voter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “vote” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- veto, véto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?o?.te/, [?u?o?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?vo.te/, [?v??t??]
Participle
v?te
- vocative masculine singular of v?tus
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English vote, from Latin v?tum, from vove?, vov?re (“vow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eweg??-.
Noun
vote m (plural votes)
- (Jersey) vote
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?v?.t??i/
Verb
vote
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of votar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of votar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of votar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of votar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bote/, [?bo.t?e]
Verb
vote
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of votar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of votar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of votar.
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electress
English
Alternative forms
- electoress
Etymology
From elector +? -ess.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?kt??s/
Noun
electress (plural electresses)
- (rare, dated) A woman who can vote in an election. [from 17th c.]
- (now historical) The wife of a German elector, often used as a title. [from 17th c.]
Related terms
- elector
Translations
Anagrams
- reselects
electress From the web:
- what does electress mean
- what does electress
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