Elector

See also: elector

English

Noun

Elector (plural Electors), also spelled: elector

1. (countable, historical) A (German) prince (prince-elector or simply elector) entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Related terms

• Electress, electress
• Electress Consort, electress consort
• Princess-Electress, princess-electress

Translations

elector or prince-elector

• Belarusian: курфю́рст m (kurfjúrst)
• Bulgarian: курфю́рст m (kurfjúrst)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 選帝侯／选帝侯 (xuǎndìhóu), 选帝侯 (xuǎndìhóu)

• Czech: kurfiřt (cs) m
• Danish: kurfyrste c (kurfyrstinde f (Elector's wife))
• Dutch: keurvorst (nl) m
• Esperanto: princo-elektisto (eo)
• Estonian: kuurvürst
• Faroese: kjørfúrsti m
• Finnish: vaaliruhtinas (fi)
• French: prince-électeur (fr) m (princesse-électrice f (Elector's wife))
• German: Kurfürst (de) m (Kurfürstin (de) f (Elector's wife))
• Hungarian: választófejedelem (hu)
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• Icelandic: kjörfursti m
• Italian: principe elettore m
• Japanese: 選帝侯 (せんていこう, senteikō)
• Latin: princeps elector imperii m, princeps elector m, elector (la) m
• Lithuanian: kurfiurstas (lt) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kurfyrste m (kurfyrstinne f (Elector's wife))

  Nynorsk: kurfyrste m (kurfyrstinne f (Elector's wife))

• Polish: elektor Rzeszy m
• Portuguese: príncipe-eleitor m, príncipe eleitor m
• Russian: курфю́рст (ru) m (kurfjúrst)
• Swedish: kurfurste c (kurfurstinna c (Elector's wife))
• Ukrainian: курфю́рст m (kurfjúrst)
• Volapük: davälaplin (vo) (male or female), davälahiplin (male) (davälajiplin (vo) (Elector's wife))

Anagrams

• corelet, electro, electro-