preelection

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ election.

Noun

preelection (countable and uncountable, plural preelections)

1. An election beforehand.

Adjective

preelection (not comparable)

1. Before an election.

   preelection blues

   preelection hype

   preelection polls

Alternative forms

• pre-election
• preëlection (rare)

Translations

before an election

• Armenian: նախընտրական (hy) (naxəntrakan)
• Belarusian: перадвы́барны (pjeradvýbarny)
• Greek: προεκλογικός (el) (proeklogikós)
• Polish: przedwyborczy (pl)
• Russian: предвы́борный (ru) (predvýbornyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: пре̏дизбо̄рнӣ, prȅdizbōrnī (sh)
• Ukrainian: передви́борчий (peredvýborčyj)

References

• “preëlection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.