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.
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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/
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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