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president-elect

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌpɹɛzɪdənt ɪˈlɛkt/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: sum of parts

Examples

  • If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died, the Vice President-elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President-elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President-elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President-elect nor a Vice President-elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. (1932, Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 3)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of president-elect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From president + -elect.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: նորընտիր նախագահ (norəntir naxagah) — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Catalan: president electe — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Catalan: presidenta electa — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Chinese Mandarin: 候任總統 /候任总统 (hòurèn zǒngtǒng) — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Esperanto: prezidonto — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Finnish: presidentiksi valittu — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Finnish: tuleva presidentti — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • French: président élu — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • French: présidente élue — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Georgian: არჩეული პრეზიდენტი (arčeuli ṗrezidenṭi) — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • German: designierter Präsident — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • German: gewählter Präsident — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Paraguayan Guarani: tetã ruvicharã — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Hungarian: megválasztott elnök — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Indonesian: presiden terpilih — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Italian: presidente eletto — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Italian: presidente eletta — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Italian: presidentessa eletta — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Japanese: 大統領当選者 (daitōryō tōsensha) — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Portuguese: presidente eleito — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Spanish: presidente electo — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Spanish: presidente electa — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Spanish: presidenta electa — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Swedish: tillträdande president — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Vietnamese: tân cử tổng thống — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
  • Vietnamese: tổng thống tân cử — person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
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