ballot

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbælət/
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• General-American: /ˈbælət/
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• rhymes with -ælət
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• CMU ARPABET: B AE1 L AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (suffix forming diminutive nouns); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz (“ball”).

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: քվեաթերթիկ (kʻveatʻertʻik) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Belarusian: бюлетэ́нь (bjuljeténʹ) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Bulgarian: бюлети́на (bjuletína) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Burmese: မဲ (mai:) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Catalan: papereta de vot — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Chinese Mandarin: 選票 /选票 (xuǎnpiào) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Czech: volební lístek — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Czech: hlasovací lístek — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Dutch: stembiljet — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Esperanto: baloto — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Faroese: valseðil — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Finnish: äänestyslippu — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Finnish: äänestyslipuke — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Finnish: vaalilippu — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• French: bulletin de vote — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• French: bulletin — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Georgian: ბიულეტენი (biuleṭeni) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Georgian: საარჩევნო ბიულეტენი (saarčevno biuleṭeni) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• German: Stimmzettel — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Greek: ψηφοδέλτιο (psifodéltio) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Hebrew: פתק הצבעה (peteq hatzba'a) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Hungarian: szavazócédula — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Hungarian: szavazólap — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Icelandic: kjörseðill — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Indonesian: kertas suara — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Indonesian: surat suara — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Italian: scheda elettorale — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Japanese: 投票用紙 (tōhyō yōshi) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Jingpho: me — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Khmer: សន្លឹកឆ្នោត (sɑɑnlɨkchnaot) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Korean: 투표용지 (tupyoyongji) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Korean: 투표지 (tupyoji) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Malay: kertas undi — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Māori: pepa pōti — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Norman: scrutîn — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Norwegian Bokmål: stemmeseddel — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Plautdietsch: Stemm — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Portuguese: cédula eleitoral — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Portuguese: boletim — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Romanian: buletin de vot — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Russian: бюллете́нь (bjulleténʹ) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Russian: избира́тельный бюллете́нь (izbirátelʹnyj bjulleténʹ) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Slovene: glasovnica — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Spanish: papeleta de voto — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Spanish: balota — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Spanish: boleta — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Swedish: valsedel — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Swedish: röstsedel — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Tagalog: balota — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Ukrainian: бюлете́нь (bjuleténʹ) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Ukrainian: виборчий бюлете́нь (vyborčyj bjuleténʹ) — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Vietnamese: lá phiếu — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Vietnamese: phiếu bầu cử — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Vietnamese: phiếu bầu — paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper
• Arabic: تَصْوِيت (taṣwīt) — process of voting
• Azerbaijani: səsvermə — process of voting
• Basque: bozketa — process of voting
• Belarusian: галасава́нне (halasavánnje) — process of voting
• Bulgarian: гласува́не (glasuváne) — process of voting
• Chinese Mandarin: 投票 (tóupiào) — process of voting
• Czech: hlasování — process of voting
• Czech: volba — process of voting
• Danish: afstemning — process of voting
• Esperanto: baloto — process of voting
• Finnish: äänestäminen — process of voting
• Finnish: äänestys — process of voting
• French: votation — process of voting
• Georgian: ხმის მიცემა (xmis micema) — process of voting
• German: Abstimmung — process of voting
• Greek: ψηφοφορία (psifoforía) — process of voting
• Hungarian: titkos szavazás — process of voting
• Italian: votazione — process of voting
• Japanese: 投票 (tōhyō) — process of voting
• Korean: 투표 (tupyo) — process of voting
• Latin: suffrāgium — process of voting
• Macedonian: гласање (glasanje) — process of voting
• Māori: māpere — process of voting
• Norwegian Bokmål: avstemning — process of voting
• Polish: głosowanie — process of voting
• Polish: balot — process of voting
• Polish: balotaż — process of voting
• Portuguese: votação — process of voting
• Russian: голосова́ние (golosovánije) — process of voting
• Russian: волеизъявле́ние (voleizʺjavlénije) — process of voting
• Russian: баллотиро́вка (ballotiróvka) — process of voting
• Northern Sami: jienasteapmi — process of voting
• Serbo-Croatian: гла̀са̄ње — process of voting
• Serbo-Croatian: glàsānje — process of voting
• Slovak: hlasovanie — process of voting
• Slovene: glasovanje — process of voting
• Spanish: elecciones — process of voting
• Spanish: votación — process of voting
• Swedish: ballotering — process of voting
• Swedish: omröstning — process of voting
• Ukrainian: голосува́ння (holosuvánnja) — process of voting
• Dutch: kandidatenlijst — list of candidates
• Finnish: ehdokaslista — list of candidates
• Greek: ψηφοδέλτιο (psifodéltio) — list of candidates
• Māori: rārangi kaitono pōti — list of candidates
• Norwegian: valgliste — list of candidates
• Portuguese: lista de candidatos — list of candidates
• Spanish: candidatura — list of candidates
• Finnish: äänimäärä — total of all votes cast in an election
• Norwegian: opptelling — total of all votes cast in an election
• Czech: (tajně) hlasovat — to vote by ballot
• Czech: volit — to vote by ballot
• Polish: balotować — to vote by ballot
• Swedish: ballotera — to vote by ballot
• Vietnamese: bỏ phiếu — to vote by ballot
• Vietnamese: bỏ phiếu bầu — to vote by ballot
• Bulgarian: тегля жребии (teglja žrebii) — to draw lots
• Finnish: arpoa — to draw lots
• Māori: māpere — to draw lots
• Russian: тяну́ть жре́бий (tjanútʹ žrébij) — to draw lots
• Swedish: dra lott — to draw lots
• Swedish: lotta — to draw lots