plebiscite

See also: plébiscite, plébiscité, and plebiscité

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French plébiscite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin plebs, plebis (“the common people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛbɨsaɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛbɨsɪt/

Noun

plebiscite (plural plebiscites)

1. A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty

Translations

A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty

• Chinese:

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

• Czech: plebiscit (cs) m
• Danish: folkeafstemning (da) c
• Dutch: referendum (nl), plebisciet (nl)
• Faroese: fólkaatkvøða f
• Finnish: kansanäänestys (fi)
• French: plébiscite (fr) m
• German: Plebiszit (de) n, Volksabstimmung (de) f
• Greek: δημοψήφισμα (el) n (dimopsífisma)
• Hebrew: משאל עם (he) m (mish'ál 'ám)
• Icelandic: þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla f, þjóðaratkvæði n
• Irish: pobalbhreith f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 国民投票 (こくみんとうひょう, kokumin-tōhyō)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Persian: نظرخواهی (fa) (nazar-xâhi)
• Polish: plebiscyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: plebiscito (pt) m
• Russian: плебисци́т (ru) m (plebiscít), рефере́ндум (ru) m (referéndum)
• Swedish: folkomröstning (sv)
• Tagalog: plebisito
• Thai: ประชามติ (bprà-chaa-má-dtì)

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Spanish

Verb

plebiscite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of plebiscitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of plebiscitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of plebiscitar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of plebiscitar.