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electoral

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛk.tə.ɹəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛk.tɹəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation, uncommon: /ɪ.lɛkˈtɔɹ.əl/
  • General-American: /ɪˈlɛk.tɚ.əl/
  • General-American: /əˈlɛk.tɚ.əl/
  • General-American: /ə.lɛkˈtoɹ.əl/
  • General-American: /ˌɛ.lɛkˈtoɹ.əl/
  • General-American: /ˌiː.lɛkˈtoɹ.əl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈlek.tə.ɹəl/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /əˈlek.tɹəl/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 L EH1 K T ER0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to or composed of electors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, or relating to elections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to elections

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • electoral process

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

relating to or composed of electors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • electoral college

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From elector + -al.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hungarian: választói — relating to or composed of electors
  • Hungarian: szavazói — relating to or composed of electors
  • Hungarian: elektori — relating to or composed of electors
  • Armenian: ընտրական (əntrakan) — of, or relating to elections
  • Belarusian: вы́барчы (výbarčy) — of, or relating to elections
  • Belarusian: вы́барны (výbarny) — of, or relating to elections
  • Belarusian: абіра́льны (abirálʹny) — of, or relating to elections
  • Bulgarian: избира́телен (izbirátelen) — of, or relating to elections
  • Catalan: electoral — of, or relating to elections
  • Danish: valg- — of, or relating to elections
  • Danish: vælger- — of, or relating to elections
  • Danish: valgmands- — of, or relating to elections
  • Finnish: vaali- — of, or relating to elections
  • French: électoral — of, or relating to elections
  • Galician: electoral — of, or relating to elections
  • German: Wahl- — of, or relating to elections
  • Greek: εκλογικός (eklogikós) — of, or relating to elections
  • Hungarian: választási — of, or relating to elections
  • Hungarian: választó- — of, or relating to elections
  • Hungarian: szavazó- — of, or relating to elections
  • Italian: elettorale — of, or relating to elections
  • Ladin: litel — of, or relating to elections
  • Latin: comitiālis — of, or relating to elections
  • Polish: wyborczy — of, or relating to elections
  • Portuguese: eleitoral — of, or relating to elections
  • Romanian: electoral — of, or relating to elections
  • Russian: избира́тельный (izbirátelʹnyj) — of, or relating to elections
  • Russian: вы́борный (výbornyj) — of, or relating to elections
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝзбо̄рнӣ — of, or relating to elections
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѝра̄чкӣ — of, or relating to elections
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìzbōrnī — of, or relating to elections
  • Serbo-Croatian: bìrāčkī — of, or relating to elections
  • Spanish: electoral — of, or relating to elections
  • Swedish: val- — of, or relating to elections
  • Swedish: valmanna- — of, or relating to elections
  • Swedish: valmans- — of, or relating to elections
  • Swedish: elektors- — of, or relating to elections
  • Swedish: kurfurstlig — of, or relating to elections
  • Ukrainian: ви́борчий (výborčyj) — of, or relating to elections
  • Ukrainian: обира́льний (obyrálʹnyj) — of, or relating to elections
  • Ukrainian: ви́борний (výbornyj) — of, or relating to elections
  • Ukrainian: ви́бірний (výbirnyj) — of, or relating to elections
Real reading context

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