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/, X-SAMPA: /"b{l@t/

Noun

Wikipedia ballot (plural ballots)

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

Synonyms

• (paper or card used to cast a vote): voting slip

Derived terms

• ballot box

Translations

paper used for vote-casting

• Bulgarian: бюлетина (bg) (bjuletína) f 
• Catalan: papereta de vot (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 選票 (cmn), 选票 (cmn) (xuǎnpiào)

• Finnish: äänestyslippu (fi)
• French: bulletin de vote (fr) m, bulletin (fr) m
• German: Stimmzettel (de) m
• Greek: ψηφοδέλτιο (el) (psifodéltio) n 
• Hebrew: פתק הצבעה (he) (peteq hatzba'a) m
• Hungarian: szavazólap (hu), szavazócédula (hu)

• Italian: scheda elettorale (it) f
• Japanese: 投票用紙 (ja) (とうひょうようし, tōhyō yōshi)
• Jèrriais: scrutîn m
• Norwegian: stemmeseddel (no) m
• Portuguese: boletim (pt) m, cédula (pt) f
• Russian: бюллетень (ru) (bjulleténʹ) m , избирательный бюллетень (ru) (izbirátelʹnyj bjulleténʹ) m 
• Spanish: papeleta de voto (es) f, balota (es) f
• Swedish: valsedel (sv) c

process of voting

• Bulgarian: гласуване (bg) (glasuváne) n 
• Esperanto: baloto (eo)
• Finnish: äänestäminen (fi), äänestys (fi)
• Greek: ψηφοφορία (el) (psifoforía) f 
• Hungarian: titkos szavazás (hu)

• Norwegian: avstemning (no) c
• Portuguese: votação (pt)
• Russian: голосование (ru) (golosovánije) n , волеизъявление (ru) (voleizʺjavlénije) n , баллотировка (ru) (ballotiróvka) f 
• Spanish: elecciones (es) f pl

list of candidates

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

• Norwegian: valgliste (no) c
• Spanish: candidatura (es) f

total of all votes cast in an election

• Finnish: äänimäärä (fi)

• Norwegian: opptelling (no) m

Verb

ballot (third-person singular simple present ballots, present participle balloting, simple past and past participle balloted)

1. To vote or decide by ballot.

   to ballot for a candidate

2. To draw lots.

Translations

to vote

• Bulgarian: гласувам (bg) (glasuvam)
• Dutch: stemmen (nl)
• Finnish: äänestää (fi)
• French: voter (fr)

• Greek: ψηφίζω (el) (psifízo) 
• Russian: голосовать (ru) (golosovátʹ) 
• Spanish: votar (es), balotar (es)

to draw lots

• Bulgarian: тегля жребии
• Finnish: arpoa (fi)

• Russian: тянуть жребий (ru) (tjanútʹ žrébij) 

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French

Etymology

balle + -ot

Noun

ballot m (plural ballots)

1. bundle, package

Derived terms

• C'est ballot