reelection

English

Alternative forms

• re-election
• reëlection

Etymology

re- +‎ election

Noun

reelection (plural reelections)

1. the act of being elected after already being elected once, and already having served out one's first term.

Translations

the act of being elected after already being elected once

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 再選 (cmn), 再选 (cmn) (zàixuǎn), 改選 (cmn), 改选 (cmn) (gǎixuǎn)

• Finnish: uudelleenvalinta (fi)
• French: réélection (fr) f
• German: Wiederwahl (de) f

• Japanese: 再選 (ja) (さいせん, zaisen), 改選 (ja) (かいせん, kaisen)
• Manx: aareihys (gv) m
• Russian: переизбрание (ru) (pereizbránije) n, перевыборы (ru) (perevýbory) m pl (repeated election)
• Spanish: reelección (es) f

Related terms

• reelect