vote

See also: Vote, võte, and voté

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) votum, a form of (deprecated template usage) , from Template:proto. Cognate with Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) εὔχομαι (eúkhomai).

Pronunciation

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  (file)

Noun

vote (plural votes)

1. A formalized choice on matters of administration or other democratic activities.

   The city council decided the matter should go to public vote.

   Parliament will hold a vote of confidence regarding the minister.

2. An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.

   The Supreme Court upheld the principle of one person, one vote.

Derived terms

Terms derived from vote (noun)

• donkey vote
• get out the vote

• informal vote

Translations

formalised choice

• Afrikaans:
• Armenian: քվեարկություն (kʿvearkutʿyun)
• Bosnian:
• Chinese: 表決 (biǎo jué)
• Croatian:
• Danish: afstemning (da) c
• Dutch: stem Template:f, stembusgang
• Finnish: äänestys (fi)
• French: voix (fr) f
• Galician:
• German: Stimme (de) f
• Greek: ψηφοφορία (el) f (psifoforía)
• Hungarian: szavazás
• Italian: voto (it) m
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• Japanese: 投票 (tōhyō)
• Korean: 투표 (tupyo)
• Novial: vote
• Persian:
• Polish: głos (pl) m
• Portuguese: voto (pt) m
• Russian: голос (ru) m (gólos), вотум (ru) m (vótum)
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: гласање Template:n

  Roman: glasanje Template:n

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• Spanish: voto (es) m

instance of voting

• Armenian: ձայն (jayn), քվե (kʿve)
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• Finnish: ääni (fi)
• Galician:
• Greek: ψήφος (el) f (psífos) (psífos)
• Hungarian: szavazat (hu)
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• Polish: głosowanie (pl) n
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: глас

  Roman: glas

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Verb

vote (third-person singular simple present vot, present participle ing, simple past and past participle voted)

1. To cast a vote; to assert a formalised choice in an election.

   The depository may vote shares on behalf of investors who have not submitted instruction to the bank.

Derived terms

Terms derived from vote (verb)

• voter
• vote in

• vote out
• vote with one's feet

Translations

assert a formalised choice

• Afrikaans:
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• Armenian: քվեարկել (kʿvearkel), ձայն տալ (jayn tal)
• Bosnian:
• Chinese: 投票 (tóupiào)
• Croatian:
• Czech: hlasovat
• Dutch: stemmen (nl)
• Finnish: äänestää (fi)
• French: voter (fr)
• German: wählen (de), stimmen (de)
• Greek: ψηφίζω (el) (psifízo) (psifízo)
• Hungarian: szavaz (hu)
• Italian: votare (it)
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• Japanese: 投票する (とうひょうする, tōhyō surú)
• Korean: 투표하다 (tupyohada)
• Novial: vota
• Polish: głosować (pl)
• Portuguese: votar (pt)
• Russian: голосовать (golosovát’) , проголосовать (progolosovát’)
• Scottish Gaelic:
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: гласати

  Roman: glasati

• Sotho:
• Spanish: votar (es)
• Swedish: rösta (sv)

See also

• elect
• nominate

Anagrams

• veto

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French

Pronunciation

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  (file)

Noun

vote m (plural votes)

1. Vote

Related terms

• votant

Verb

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Anagrams

• veto, véto

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Spanish

Verb

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of votar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of votar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of votar.