vote

See also Vote, võte, and voté

English

Etymology

Latin votum, a form of voveō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewegʷʰ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (“to vow”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

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 conscience vote free vote

get out the vote informal vote subvote

vote mob whipped vote

Translations

formalised choice

Afrikaans: stem (af) Armenian: քվեարկություն (hy) (k’vearkut’yun) Asturian: votu (ast) m. Bosnian: glas (bs) m. Catalan: vot (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 投票 (cmn) (tóupiào), 表決 (cmn), 表决 (cmn) (biǎojué) Croatian: glas (hr) m. Danish: afstemning (da) c. Dutch: stem (nl) f., stembusgang (nl) m. Finnish: äänestys (fi) French: voix (fr) f., vote (fr) m. Galician: voto (gl) m. German: Stimme (de) f., Votum (de) n. Greek: ψηφοφορία (el) (psifoforía) f.

Hungarian: szavazás (hu) Italian: voto (it) m. Japanese: 投票 (ja) (とうひょう, tōhyō) Korean: 투표 (ko) (tupyo) (投票 (ko)) Norwegian: avstemning (no) m. Novial: vote Persian: رأی (fa) (rái) Polish: głos (pl) m. Portuguese: voto (pt) m. Russian: голос (ru) (gólos) m., вотум (ru) (vótum) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: глас (sh) m. Roman: glas (sh) m. Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: voto (es) m.

instance of voting

Arabic: تصويت (ar) (taSwiit) m. Armenian: ձայն (hy) (jayn), քվե (hy) (k’ve) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: vot (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 投票 (cmn) (tóupiào), 表決 (cmn), 表决 (cmn) (biǎojué) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: ääni (fi) French: vote (fr) m. Galician: voto (gl) m.

German: Abstimmung (de) f. Greek: ψήφος (el) f. (psífos) Hungarian: szavazat (hu) Polish: głosowanie (pl) n. Russian: голосование (ru) (golosovánije) n. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гласање (sh) n. Roman: glasanje (sh) n. Slovene: glasovanje (sl) n.

Verb

vote (third-person singular simple present votes, present participle voting, 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: stem (af) Arabic: صوت (ar) (Sáwwata) Armenian: քվեարկել (hy) (k’vearkel), ձայն տալ (hy) (jayn tal) Bosnian: glasati (bs) Catalan: votar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 投票 (cmn) (tóupiào), 表決 (cmn), 表决 (cmn) (biǎojué) Croatian: glasovati (hr) Czech: hlasovat (cs) Dutch: stemmen (nl) Finnish: äänestää (fi) French: voter (fr) German: wählen (de), stimmen (de) Greek: ψηφίζω (el) (psifízo) Hungarian: szavaz (hu) Italian: votare (it)

Japanese: 投票する (ja) (とうひょうする, tōhyō-surú) Korean: 투표하다 (ko) (tupyo-hada) Latvian: balsot (lv) Novial: vota Polish: głosować (pl) Portuguese: votar (pt) Russian: голосовать (ru) (golosovát’) impf., проголосовать (ru) (progolosovát’) pf. Scottish Gaelic: tagh (gd) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гласати Roman: glasati Sotho: vouta (st) Spanish: votar (es) Swedish: rösta (sv)

See also

• elect
• nominate
• vote and voting in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• veto

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Pronunciation

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Noun

vote m. (plural votes)

1. Vote

Related terms

• votant

Verb

vote

1. first-person singular present indicative of voter
2. third-person singular present indicative of voter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of voter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of voter
5. second-person singular imperative of voter

Anagrams

• veto, véto

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Latin

Participle

vōte

1. vocative masculine singular of vōtus

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Spanish

Verb

vote (infinitive votar)

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.