noun · 8 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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Pronunciation
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General-American, UK:/ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/
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CMU ARPABET:S AH1 F R IH0 JH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
The right of women to vote.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A vote in deciding a particular question.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Topics: Christianity
Examples
1564, Pope Pius IV (unknown translator), Creed of Pope Pius IV I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, usually
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
Aid, intercession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
American women got the vote in 1920
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: right to vote, vote
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: franchise, enfranchisement
Narrower terms: universal suffrage
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bhreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor. Old French suffrage Middle French suffragebor. ▲ Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor. Middle English suffrage English suffrage From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”). The sense of "vote" or "right to vote" was directly derived from Classical Latin.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ձայնի իրավունք
(jayni iravunkʻ)
— the right to vote
Azerbaijani:
seçki hüququ
— the right to vote
Bengali:
ভোটাধিকার
(bhōṭadhikar)
— the right to vote
Bulgarian:
избирателно право
(izbiratelno pravo)
— the right to vote
Catalan:
sufragi
— the right to vote
Chinese Mandarin:
選舉權 /选举权
(xuǎnjǔquán)
— the right to vote
Chinese Mandarin:
投票權 /投票权
(tóupiàoquán)
— the right to vote
Crimean Tatar:
saylav aqqı
— the right to vote
Czech:
volební právo
— the right to vote
Danish:
stemmeret
— the right to vote
Danish:
valgret
— the right to vote
Dutch:
kiesrecht
— the right to vote
Dutch:
stemrecht
— the right to vote
Finnish:
äänioikeus
— the right to vote
French:
suffrage
— the right to vote
Galician:
sufraxio
— the right to vote
German:
Stimmrecht
— the right to vote
German:
Wahlrecht
— the right to vote
Greek:
δικαίωμα ψήφου
(dikaíoma psífou)
— the right to vote
Hungarian:
választójog
— the right to vote
Icelandic:
atkvæðisréttur
— the right to vote
Icelandic:
kosningaréttur
— the right to vote
Indonesian:
hak pilih
— the right to vote
Indonesian:
hak suara
— the right to vote
Italian:
suffragio
— the right to vote
Japanese:
選挙権
(senkyoken)
— the right to vote
Kalmyk:
суңһврин зөв
(suñğvrin zöv)
— the right to vote
Korean:
선거권
(seon'geogwon)
— the right to vote
Macedonian:
право на глас
(pravo na glas)
— the right to vote
Malay:
hak undi
— the right to vote
Malay:
hak pilih
— the right to vote
Māori:
manapōti
— the right to vote
Norwegian:
stemmerett
— the right to vote
Polish:
prawo wybierania
— the right to vote
Polish:
czynne prawo wyborcze
— the right to vote
Polish:
prawo do głosowania
— the right to vote
Portuguese:
sufrágio
— the right to vote
Romanian:
sufragiu
— the right to vote
Russian:
избира́тельное пра́во
(izbirátelʹnoje právo)
— the right to vote
Russian:
пра́во го́лоса
(právo gólosa)
— the right to vote
Spanish:
sufragio
— the right to vote
Swedish:
rösträtt
— the right to vote
Tamil:
ஓட்டுரிமை
(ōṭṭurimai)
— the right to vote
Tamil:
வாக்குரிமை
(vākkurimai)
— the right to vote