Phrase guide

ballot box

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A sealed box with a slit, into which a voter places a completed voting slip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process or method of voting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: metonymically

Examples

  • The people will decide at the ballot box.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: box

3

noun

Meaning 3

a box where voters deposit their ballots

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: box

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: քվեատուփ (kʻveatupʻ) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Asturian: urna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Bulgarian: избира́телна у́рна (izbirátelna úrna) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Catalan: urna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Chinese Mandarin: 票箱 (piàoxiāng) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Chinese Mandarin: 票匭 /票匦 (piàoguǐ) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Chinese Mandarin: 投票箱 (tóupiàoxiāng) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Czech: volební urna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Danish: stemmeurne — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Danish: valgurne — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Danish: stemmeboks — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Dutch: stembus — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Esperanto: balotkolektujo — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Finnish: vaaliuurna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Finnish: uurna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • French: urne — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • French: urne électorale — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Galician: urna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Galician: urna electoral — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • German: Wahlurne — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Greek: κάλπη (kálpi) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Greek: ψηφοδόχος (psifodóchos) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Gujarati: મતપેટી (matpeṭī) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Hebrew: קלפי (kalpae, kalpi) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Hungarian: szavazóurna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Hungarian: urna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Icelandic: kjörkassi — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Indonesian: kotak suara — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Italian: urna elettorale — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Italian: bussolotto — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Italian: bussola — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Japanese: 投票箱 (tōhyōbako) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Khmer: ប្រអប់ទម្លាក់សន្លឹកឆ្នោត (brâʼâbtômléaksânlœ̆kchhnaôt) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Korean: 투표함 (tupyoham) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Korean: 선거통 (seon'geotong) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Kyrgyz: шайлоо урнасы (şayloo urnası) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Kyrgyz: шайлоо сандыгы (şayloo sandıgı) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Latin: sitella — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Latin: situla — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Latin: urna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Latin: cista — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Lithuanian: balsãdėžė — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Lithuanian: ùrna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Norman: urne du scrutîn — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urne — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Norwegian Bokmål: valgurne — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: urne — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: valurne — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Pannonian Rusyn: шкатула (škatula) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гласацка шкатула (hlasacka škatula) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Portuguese: urna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Russian: избира́тельная у́рна (izbirátelʹnaja úrna) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Russian: баллотиро́вочный я́щик (ballotiróvočnyj jáščik) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Russian: у́рна (úrna) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Spanish: urna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Spanish: urna electoral — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Swedish: valurna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Tagalog: urna — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Tibetan: འོས་སྒམ ('os sgam) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Tibetan: འོས་ཤོག་བླུག་སའི་སྒམ ('os shog blug sa'i sgam) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Turkish: seçim sandığı — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Turkish: sandık — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Yiddish: אורנע (urne) — a sealed box into which a voter puts a voting slip
  • Finnish: uurnavaali — the process or method of voting
  • Hungarian: szavazás — the process or method of voting
  • Turkish: sandık — the process or method of voting
  • Turkish: seçim sandığı — the process or method of voting