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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
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From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“to pluck out, to choose”). Equivalent to elect + -ion. Displaced native Old English cyre (“choice, free will, election”).

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verkiesing — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Albanian: zgjedhje — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Amharic: ምርጫ (mərč̣a) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Antillean Creole: léléksion — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Arabic: اِنْتِخَاب (intiḵāb) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Arabic: اِنْتِخَابَات (intiḵābāt) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Armenian: ընտրություններ (əntrutʻyunner) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Assamese: নিৰ্বাচন (nirrason) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Asturian: eleición — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Azerbaijani: seçki — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Basque: hauteskunde — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Belarusian: вы́бары (výbary) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Bengali: নির্বাচন (nirbacon) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (intekhab) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Breton: votadeg — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Breton: eleksion — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Bulgarian: и́збори (ízbori) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Burmese: ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်ပွဲ (rwe:hkyaitanghmraukpwai:) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Burmese: ရွေးကောက်ပွဲ (rwe:kaukpwai:) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Burmese: ရွေးချယ် (rwe:hkyai) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Catalan: elecció — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Chinese Cantonese: 選舉 /选举 (syun2 geoi2) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Chinese: щүанҗү (xüanžü) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Eastern Min Chinese: 選舉 /选举 (sōng-gṳ̄) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Gan Chinese: 選舉 /选举 (xyon3 jy3) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Hakka Chinese: 選舉 /选举 (PFS: sién-kí; Guangdong: xiên3 mu3) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Chinese: 選舉 /选举 (zh-min-nan) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Chinese Mandarin: 選舉 /选举 (xuǎnjǔ) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Wu Chinese: 選舉 /选举 (5shi-ciu5) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Coptic: ⲯⲩⲫⲟⲥ (psuphos) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Czech: volby — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Danish: valg — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Dutch: verkiezing — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Esperanto: elekto — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Esperanto: balotado — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Estonian: valimine — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Estonian: valimised — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Faroese: val — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Finnish: vaali — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• French: élection — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Friulian: elezion — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Galician: elección — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Georgian: არჩევნები (arčevnebi) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• German: Wahl — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Greek: εκλογή (eklogí) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Greek: εκλογές (eklogés) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχαιρεσίαι (arkhairesíai) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Ancient Greek: αἵρεσις (haíresis) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Ancient Greek: χειροτονία (kheirotonía) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Gujarati: ચૂંટણી (cū̃ṭṇī) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Hebrew: בְּחִירוֹת (bkhirot) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Hindi: चुनाव (cunāv) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Hindi: इंतिख़ाबात (intixābāt) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Hindi: निर्वाचन (nirvācan) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Hindi: इंतिख़ाब (intixāb) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Hungarian: választás — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Icelandic: kosningar — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Ido: elekto — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Indonesian: pemilihan — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Irish: toghchán — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Italian: elezione — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Japanese: 選挙 (senkyo) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Kabuverdianu: ileison — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Kannada: ಚುನಾವಣೆ (cunāvaṇe) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Kazakh: сайлау (sailau) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Khmer: ការបោះឆ្នោត (kaa bɑh chnaot) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Korean: 선거 (seon'geo) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵبژاردن (hellbjardin) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Northern Kurdish: hilbijartin — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Kyrgyz: шайлоо (şayloo) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Lao: ການເລືອກຕັ້ງ (kān lư̄ak tang) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Latvian: vēlēšanas — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Lithuanian: rinkimai — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Macedonian: избори (izbori) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Malay: pilihan raya — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Malay: ڤيليهن راي (pilihan raya) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Malayalam: തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് (tiraññeṭuppŭ) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Maltese: elezzjoni — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Manx: reihys — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Māori: pōtitanga — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Marathi: निवडणूक (nivaḍṇūk) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Mongolian: сонгууль (songuulʹ) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Mongolian: ᠰᠣᠩᠭᠤᠭᠤᠯᠢ (songɣuɣuli) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Norman: êlection — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Norwegian Bokmål: valg — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Norwegian Nynorsk: val — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Occitan: eleccion — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Odia: ନିର୍ବାଚନ (nirbācana) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Old English: corensċipe — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Oromo: filannoo — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Pannonian Rusyn: виберанки (viberanki) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Pannonian Rusyn: гласанки (hlasanki) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Pannonian Rusyn: савазаш (savazaš) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Pashto: ټاکنه (ṭākǝna) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Pashto: انتخابات (entexābāt) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Dari: اِنْتِخَابَات (intixābāt) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Dari: اِنْتِخَاب (intixāb) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Iranian Persian: اِنْتِخابات (entexâbât) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Iranian Persian: اِنْتِخاب (entexâb) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭩𐭧𐭲𐭭 (ʿyḥtn) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Piedmontese: elession — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Plautdietsch: Wol — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Polish: wybory — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Portuguese: eleição — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Punjabi: ਚੋਣ (coṇ) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Punjabi: ਨਿਰਵਾਚਨ (nirvācan) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Romanian: alegeri — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Romanian: elecțiune — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Russian: вы́боры (výbory) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Sanskrit: निर्वाचनम् (nirvācanam) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Serbo-Croatian: избори — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Serbo-Croatian: izbori — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Sinhalese: මැතිවරණය (mætiwaraṇaya) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Slovak: voľby — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Slovene: volitve — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Spanish: elección — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Spanish: elecciones — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Spanish: comicios — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Swahili: uchaguzi — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Swedish: val — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tagalog: eleksiyon — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tagalog: botohan — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tagalog: halalan — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tajik: интихобот (intixobot) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tamil: தேர்தல் (tērtal) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tatar: сайлаулар (saylawlar) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Telugu: ఎన్నిక (ennika) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tetum: eleisaun — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Thai: การเลือกตั้ง (gaan-lʉ̂ʉak-dtâng) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tibetan: འོས་བསྡུ ('os bsdu) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tibetan: འོས་ཤོག ('os shog) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tigrinya: ምምራጽ (məmraṣ) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Tigrinya: ምርጫ (mərč̣a) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Turkish: seçim — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Turkish: saylav — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Turkmen: saýlav — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Ukrainian: ви́бори (výbory) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Urdu: اِنْتِخابات (intixābāt) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Urdu: اِنْتِخاب (intixāb) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Uyghur: سايلام (saylam) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Uzbek: saylov — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Uzbek: intixob — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Vietnamese: sự bầu cử — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Vietnamese: tuyển cử — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Welsh: etholiad — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Yiddish: וואַלן (valn) — process of choosing a new leader or representatives by popular vote
• Armenian: ընտրություն (əntrutʻyun) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Bulgarian: и́збор (ízbor) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Bulgarian: изби́ране (izbírane) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Catalan: elecció — choice of a leader or representatives
• Chinese Mandarin: 選任 /选任 (xuǎnrèn) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Chinese Mandarin: 選出 /选出 (xuǎnchū) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Danish: valg — choice of a leader or representatives
• Esperanto: elektado — choice of a leader or representatives
• Finnish: valinta — choice of a leader or representatives
• Finnish: valinta vaaleilla — choice of a leader or representatives
• French: élection — choice of a leader or representatives
• Greek: εκλογή (eklogí) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Japanese: 選任 (sennin) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Japanese: 選出 (senshutsu) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Kabuverdianu: ileison — choice of a leader or representatives
• Korean: 선임 (seonim) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Korean: 선출 (seonchul) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Polish: wybór — choice of a leader or representatives
• Portuguese: eleição — choice of a leader or representatives
• Romanian: alegere — choice of a leader or representatives
• Romanian: selecție — choice of a leader or representatives
• Romanian: desemnare — choice of a leader or representatives
• Russian: избра́ние (izbránije) — choice of a leader or representatives
• Spanish: elección — choice of a leader or representatives
• Swedish: val — choice of a leader or representatives
• Tagalog: botohan — choice of a leader or representatives
• Tagalog: halalan — choice of a leader or representatives
• Tagalog: eleksiyon — choice of a leader or representatives
• Bulgarian: и́збор (ízbor) — conscious choice
• Catalan: elecció — conscious choice
• Danish: valg — conscious choice
• Faroese: val — conscious choice
• Finnish: valinta — conscious choice
• Greek: εκλογή (eklogí) — conscious choice
• Romanian: alegere — conscious choice
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — conscious choice
• Spanish: elección — conscious choice
• Swedish: val — conscious choice