Ballot

English

Etymology

From Italian ballotta, a small ball used to register a vote. Not voting. The ballota was a ball drawn from an urn to select at random, by lottery, a person for a role.

Ref: See, for instance, p166 J J Norwich, 'History of Venice' Penguin 1983

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbælət/, SAMPA: /"b{l@t/

Noun

Wikipedia

Singular Ballot

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1. a paper or card used to cast a vote
2. the process of voting, especially in secret
3. (mostly, US) a list of candidates running for office; a ticket
4. the total of all votes cast in an election

Translations

Paper used for vote-casting

Bulgarian: бюлетина bg(bg) Catalan: papereta de vot ca(ca) f. Finnish: äänestyslipuke fi(fi) German: Stimmzettel de(de) m. Greek: ψηφοδέλτιο el(el) (psifodéltio) n. Hebrew: פתק הצבעה (peteq hatzba'a) m.

Italian: scheda elettorale it(it) f. Japanese: 投票用紙 ja(ja) (tōhyō yōshi) Norwegian: stemmeseddel no(no) m. Portuguese: boletim pt(pt) m. Spanish: papeleta de voto es(es) f., balota es(es) f. Swedish: valsedel sv(sv) c.

the process of voting

Bulgarian: гласуване bg(bg) Finnish: äänestäminen fi(fi)

Greek: ψηφοφορία el(el) (psifoforía) f. Norwegian: avstemning no(no) c.

list of candidates

Finnish: ehdokaslista fi(fi) Greek: ψηφοδέλτιο el(el) (psifodéltio) n.

Norwegian: valgliste no(no) c.

the total of all votes cast in an election

Finnish: äänestysaktiivisuus

Norwegian: opptelling no(no) m.

Verb

Infinitive to Ballot

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Ballot (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

1. to vote
2. to draw lots

Translations

to vote

Bulgarian: гласувам bg(bg) French: voter fr(fr) Greek: ψηφίζω el(el) (psifízo)

Russian: голосовать ru(ru) (golosovát) Spanish: votar es(es), balotar es(es)

to draw lots

Bulgarian: тегля жребии

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French

Etymology

balle + -ot

Noun

Ballot m. (plural Ballots)

1. bundle, package

Derived terms

• C'est ballot