elector

See also: Elector

English

Alternative forms

• electour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin elector.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

Noun

elector (plural electors)

1. A person eligible to vote in an election.
2. An official serving in an electoral college or similar assembly.
3. (historical) In the Holy Roman Empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.

Translations

person eligible to vote

• Armenian: ընտրող (hy) (əntroġ)
• Basque: hautesle
• Bulgarian: избира́тел (bg) m (izbirátel)
• Catalan: elector m, electora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 選舉人／选举人 (zh) (xuǎnjǔrén), 选举人 (zh) (xuǎnjǔrén)

• Czech: volič (cs) m
• Danish: vælger (da) c
• Dutch: kiezer (nl) m
• Finnish: äänioikeutettu (fi), äänestäjä (fi)
• French: électeur (fr) m votard (fr) m (pejorative), votant (fr) m
• German: Wähler (de) m, Stimmbürger m (Switzerland), Urnengänger m, Wahlberechtigter (de) m
• Greek: ψηφοφόρος (el) m or f (psifofóros)
• Indonesian: pemilih (id)
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• Italian: elettore (it) m
• Japanese: 選挙人 (せんきょにん, senkyonin)
• Manx: reihder m
• Maori: kaipōti
• Norman: êlecteu m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: velger m

  Nynorsk: veljar m

• Polish: wyborca (pl) m
• Portuguese: eleitor (pt)
• Russian: избира́тель (ru) m (izbirátelʹ), избира́тельница (ru) f (izbirátelʹnica)
• Spanish: elector (es) m
• Swedish: väljare (sv) c
• Turkish: seçmen (tr), seçmenler pl
• Walloon: vôteu (wa) m

official

• Armenian: ընտրիչ (hy) (əntričʻ)
• Czech: volitel m
• Danish: valgmand c
• Finnish: valitsijamies (fi)
• German: Wahlmann m, Wahlfrau f, Elektor m
• Greek: εκλέκτορας (el) m (ekléktoras), εκλέκτορες m pl (ekléktores), εκλεκτόρισσα f (eklektórissa), εκλεκτόρισσες f pl (eklektórisses)
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• Manx: reihder m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: valgmann m, valgkvinne f, elektor m

  Nynorsk: valmann m, valkvinne f, elektor m

• Russian: вы́борщик (ru) m (výborščik)
• Turkish: seçici (tr), seçiciler pl

in the Holy Roman Empire, a participant in the election of the emperor — see Elector

Anagrams

• corelet, electro, electro-

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin elector.

Noun

elector m (plural electors, feminine electora)

1. voter, elector

Derived terms

• electoral
• electorat

Further reading

• “elector” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “elector”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “elector” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “elector” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin elector, electoris, from Latin elegere.

Noun

elector m (plural electores, feminine electora, feminine plural electoras)

1. voter, elector

Derived terms

• electorado
• electoral

Further reading

• “elector”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014