referendum

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• /ˌɹɛfəˈɹɛndəm/
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• CMU ARPABET: R EH2 F ER0 EH1 N D AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin referendum (“that which ought to be announced”), from refero (“to announce”).

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: referendum — direct popular vote
• Arabic: اِسْتِفْتاء (istiftāʔ) — direct popular vote
• Arabic: اِسْتِفْتاء (istiftāʔ) — direct popular vote
• Armenian: ռեֆերենդում (ṙeferendum) — direct popular vote
• Armenian: հանրաքվե (hanrakʻve) — direct popular vote
• Azerbaijani: referendum — direct popular vote
• Azerbaijani: ümumxalq sorğu — direct popular vote
• Azerbaijani: ümumi rəy sorğusu — direct popular vote
• Belarusian: рэферэ́ндум (refjeréndum) — direct popular vote
• Bulgarian: рефере́ндум (referéndum) — direct popular vote
• Burmese: ဆန္ဒခံယူခြင်း (hcanda.hkam-yuhkrang:) — direct popular vote
• Burmese: ဆန္ဒခံယူပွဲ (hcanda.hkam-yu-pwai:) — direct popular vote
• Catalan: referèndum — direct popular vote
• Chinese Mandarin: 公民投票 (gōngmín tóupiào) — direct popular vote
• Chinese Mandarin: 公投 (gōngtóu) — direct popular vote
• Cornish: gwerinvotyans — direct popular vote
• Crimean Tatar: referendum — direct popular vote
• Czech: referendum — direct popular vote
• Danish: folkeafstemning — direct popular vote
• Dutch: referendum — direct popular vote
• Dutch: volksraadpleging — direct popular vote
• Esperanto: referendumo — direct popular vote
• Estonian: referendum — direct popular vote
• Estonian: rahvahääletus — direct popular vote
• Estonian: rahvaküsitlus — direct popular vote
• Faroese: fólkaatkvøða — direct popular vote
• Finnish: kansanäänestys — direct popular vote
• French: référendum — direct popular vote
• Galician: referendo — direct popular vote
• Georgian: რეფერენდუმი (reperendumi) — direct popular vote
• German: Referendum — direct popular vote
• German: Volksabstimmung — direct popular vote
• Greek: δημοψήφισμα (dimopsífisma) — direct popular vote
• Hebrew: מִשְׁאַל עַם (mish'ál 'ám) — direct popular vote
• Hindi: जनमत-संग्रह (janmat-saṅgrah) — direct popular vote
• Hindi: मत-संग्रह (mat-saṅgrah) — direct popular vote
• Hindi: रेफ़रेंडम (refreṇḍam) — direct popular vote
• Hindi: रायशुमारी (rāyśumārī) — direct popular vote
• Hungarian: szavazás — direct popular vote
• Hungarian: népszavazás — direct popular vote
• Hungarian: referendum — direct popular vote
• Icelandic: þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla — direct popular vote
• Icelandic: þjóðaratkvæði — direct popular vote
• Indonesian: referendum — direct popular vote
• Irish: reifreann — direct popular vote
• Italian: referendum — direct popular vote
• Japanese: 住民投票 (jūmin tōhyō) — direct popular vote
• Japanese: 国民投票 (kokumin tōhyō) — direct popular vote
• Kazakh: референдум (referendum) — direct popular vote
• Khmer: ប្រជាមតិ (prɑɑciə mĕəʼteʼ) — direct popular vote
• Korean: 국민투표 (gungmintupyo) — direct popular vote
• Northern Kurdish: referandûm — direct popular vote
• Kyrgyz: референдум (referendum) — direct popular vote
• Lao: ປະຊາມະຕິ (pa sā ma ti) — direct popular vote
• Latvian: referendums — direct popular vote
• Lithuanian: referendumas — direct popular vote
• Macedonian: рефере́ндум (referéndum) — direct popular vote
• Malay: pungutan suara — direct popular vote
• Malay: referendum — direct popular vote
• Māori: tāpaetanga pōti — direct popular vote
• Māori: pōtitake — direct popular vote
• Mongolian: бүх нийтийн санал хураалт (büx niitiin sanal xuraalt) — direct popular vote
• Mongolian: референдум (referendum) — direct popular vote
• Norwegian Bokmål: folkeavstemning — direct popular vote
• Norwegian Bokmål: referendum — direct popular vote
• Norwegian Bokmål: uravstemning — direct popular vote
• Norwegian Nynorsk: folkerøysting — direct popular vote
• Norwegian Nynorsk: referendum — direct popular vote
• Pashto: ټولپوښتنه (ṭolpuẍtǝna) — direct popular vote
• Pashto: رفرنډم (referanḍum) — direct popular vote
• Pashto: رېفرانډم (refrānḍam) — direct popular vote
• Iranian Persian: هَمِهپُرْسی (hame-porsi) — direct popular vote
• Iranian Persian: رِفْرانْدوم (refrândom) — direct popular vote
• Polish: referendum — direct popular vote
• Portuguese: referendo — direct popular vote
• Portuguese: plebiscito — direct popular vote
• Romanian: referendum — direct popular vote
• Russian: рефере́ндум (referéndum) — direct popular vote
• Northern Sami: álbmotjienasteapmi — direct popular vote
• Scottish Gaelic: reifreann — direct popular vote
• Serbo-Croatian: реферѐндум — direct popular vote
• Serbo-Croatian: referèndum — direct popular vote
• Slovak: referendum — direct popular vote
• Slovene: referendum — direct popular vote
• Spanish: referéndum — direct popular vote
• Spanish: referendo — direct popular vote
• Spanish: plebiscito — direct popular vote
• Swedish: folkomröstning — direct popular vote
• Tagalog: pagtutukoy — direct popular vote
• Tagalog: reperendum — direct popular vote
• Tajik: раъйпурсӣ (ra'ypursi) — direct popular vote
• Tajik: референдум (referendum) — direct popular vote
• Thai: ประชามติ (bprà-chaa-má-dtì) — direct popular vote
• Turkish: referandum — direct popular vote
• Turkish: halk oylaması — direct popular vote
• Turkmen: referendum — direct popular vote
• Ukrainian: рефере́ндум (referéndum) — direct popular vote
• Urdu: رِیفْرینْڈَم (rīfrenḍam) — direct popular vote
• Urdu: رائے شُماری (rāe śumārī) — direct popular vote
• Uyghur: رېفېراندۇم (rëfërandum) — direct popular vote
• Uzbek: referendum — direct popular vote
• Vietnamese: trưng cầu dân ý — direct popular vote
• Vietnamese: trưng cầu ý dân — direct popular vote
• Welsh: refferendwm — direct popular vote
• Yiddish: רעפֿערענדום (referendum) — direct popular vote
• Chinese Mandarin: 間接表態 /间接表态 (jiànjiē biǎotài) — action perceived as passing judgment
• Chinese Mandarin: 信任投票 (xìnrèn tóupiào) — action perceived as passing judgment
• Finnish: luottamuslauseäänestys — action perceived as passing judgment
• Russian: рефере́ндум (referéndum) — action perceived as passing judgment