referendum

See also Referendum, and referéndum

English

Etymology

From Latin referendum, from refero (“I announce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɹɛfəˈɹɛndəm/, X-SAMPA: /%rEf@"rEnd@m/

Noun

Wikipedia referendum (plural referenda or referendums)

1. A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment
2. A note from a diplomat to his government requesting instructions

Translations

direct popular vote

• Catalan: referèndum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公民投票 (cmn) (gōngmín tóupiào), 公投 (cmn) (gōngtóu)

• Czech: referendum (cs) n
• Danish: folkeafstemning (da) c
• Dutch: referendum (nl) n
• Finnish: kansanäänestys (fi)
• French: référendum (fr) m
• German: Referendum (de) n, Volksabstimmung (de) f

• Icelandic: þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla (is) f, þjóðaratkvæði (is) n
• Japanese: (general) 住民投票 (ja) (じゅうみんとうひょう, jūmin-tōhyō); (for national vote) 国民投票 (ja) (こくみんとうひょう, kokumin-tōhyō)
• Polish: referendum (pl) n
• Russian: референдум (ru) (referéndum) m
• Scottish Gaelic: reifreann (gd)
• Spanish: referéndum (es) m
• Swedish: folkomröstning (sv) c
• Turkish: referandum (tr)

note from a diplomat

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Translations to be checked

• French: référendum m
• German: Referendum n (1)
• Greek: δημοψήφισμα

  Roman: dēmopséphisma

• Italian: referendum invariable

• Korean:

  Hangul: 국민투표

  Romaja: gungmintupyo

• Latin: referendum n
• Portuguese: Referendo
• Spanish: referéndum
• Vietnamese: (cuộc) trưng cầu dân ý

See also

• plebiscite

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Latin referendum.

Noun

referendum

1. referendum (in sense: a direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment).

Declension

    declension of referendum

nominative	referendum
genitive	referendumnıñ
dative	referendumğa
accusative	referendumnı
locative	referendumda
ablative	referendumdan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Czech

Noun

referendum n

1. referendum (direct popular vote)

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin, the neuter gerundive of referre (“to refer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɛfərɛndɔm/, [ʁɛfəˈʁand̥ɔm]

Noun

referendum n (singular definite referendummet, plural indefinite referendummer or referenda)

1. referendum (direct popular vote on a proposed law)

Inflection

    Inflection of referendum

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	referendum	referendummet	referendummer referenda	referendummerne referendaene
genitive	referendums	referendummets	referendummers referendas	referendummernes referendaenes

Synonyms

• folkeafstemning

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

referendum n (plural referenda or referendums, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. referendum

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Italian

Noun

referendum m (invariable)

1. referendum

Derived terms

• referendario

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Latin

Participle

referendum

1. nominative neuter singular of referendus
2. accusative masculine singular of referendus
3. accusative neuter singular of referendus
4. vocative neuter singular of referendus

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin

Noun

referendum n

1. referendum

Declension

    declension of referendum

	singular	plural
nominative	referendum	referenda
genitive	referendum	referendów
dative	referendum	referendom
accusative	referendum	referenda
instrumental	referendum	referendami
locative	referendum	referendach
vocative	referendum	referenda

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /referěndum/
• Hyphenation: re‧fe‧ren‧dum

Noun

referèndum m (Cyrillic spelling реферѐндум)

1. referendum

Declension

    declension of referendum

	singular	plural
nominative	referendum	referendumi
genitive	referenduma	referenduma
dative	referendumu	referendumima
accusative	referendum	referendume
vocative	referendume	referendumi
locative	referendumu	referendumima
instrumental	referendumom	referendumima