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voter

noun · 2 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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  • UK: /ˈvəʊtə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈvoʊtɚ/
  • rhymes with -əʊtə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: V OW1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who votes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a citizen who has a legal right to vote

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: elector

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: citizen

Narrower terms: constituent, crossover voter, crossover, floater, swing voter, floating voter

History

Etymology

From vote + -er.

Across languages

Translations

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: votues — one who votes
  • Amharic: መራጭ (märač̣) — one who votes
  • Arabic: مُصَوِّت (muṣawwit) — one who votes
  • Arabic: نَاخِب (nāḵib) — one who votes
  • Arabic: ناخب (nāḵib) — one who votes
  • Armenian: ընտրող (əntroġ) — one who votes
  • Asturian: votante — one who votes
  • Azerbaijani: seçici — one who votes
  • Bashkir: һайлаусы (haylawsı) — one who votes
  • Belarusian: вы́баршчык (výbarščyk) — one who votes
  • Belarusian: абіра́льнік (abirálʹnik) — one who votes
  • Belarusian: выбіра́льнік (vybirálʹnik) — one who votes
  • Bengali: ভোটদাতা (bhōṭdata) — one who votes
  • Bengali: ভোটার (bhōṭar) — one who votes
  • Bulgarian: избира́тел (izbirátel) — one who votes
  • Bulgarian: гласоподава́тел (glasopodavátel) — one who votes
  • Burmese: မဲဆန္ဒရှင် (mai:hcanda.hrang) — one who votes
  • Catalan: votant — one who votes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 投票者 (tóupiàozhě) — one who votes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 選民 /选民 (xuǎnmín) — one who votes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 選舉人 /选举人 (xuǎnjǔrén) — one who votes
  • Cornish: voter — one who votes
  • Cornish: votores — one who votes
  • Crimean Tatar: saylavcı — one who votes
  • Czech: volič — one who votes
  • Czech: volička — one who votes
  • Danish: vælger — one who votes
  • Danish: vælgerinde — one who votes
  • Dutch: stemmer — one who votes
  • Dutch: stemster — one who votes
  • Esperanto: voĉdonanto — one who votes
  • Estonian: hääletaja — one who votes
  • Finnish: äänestäjä — one who votes
  • French: votant — one who votes
  • French: votante — one who votes
  • Galician: votante — one who votes
  • Georgian: ამომრჩეველი (amomrčeveli) — one who votes
  • German: Wähler — one who votes
  • German: Wählerin — one who votes
  • Greek: ψηφοφόρος (psifofóros) — one who votes
  • Hebrew: מַצְבִּיעַ (matsbía') — one who votes
  • Hebrew: בּוֹחֵר (bokhér) — one who votes
  • Hindi: मतदाता (matdātā) — one who votes
  • Hindi: निर्वाचक (nirvācak) — one who votes
  • Hungarian: szavazó — one who votes
  • Hunsrik: Weeler — one who votes
  • Hunsrik: Weelerin — one who votes
  • Icelandic: kjósandi — one who votes
  • Indonesian: pemilih — one who votes
  • Irish: vótálaí — one who votes
  • Irish: vóitéir — one who votes
  • Irish: vótaeir — one who votes
  • Irish: vótóir — one who votes
  • Italian: elettore — one who votes
  • Italian: elettrice — one who votes
  • Japanese: 投票者 (tōhyōsha) — one who votes
  • Japanese: 選挙人 (senkyonin) — one who votes
  • Kazakh: сайлаушы (sailauşy) — one who votes
  • Khmer: អ្នកបោះឆ្នោត (nĕək bɑh chnaot) — one who votes
  • Korean: 유권자 (yugwonja) — one who votes
  • Korean: 투표자 (tupyoja) — one who votes
  • Northern Kurdish: dengdêr — one who votes
  • Kyrgyz: шайлоочу (şayloocu) — one who votes
  • Lao: ຜູ້ເລືອກຕັ້ງ (phū lư̄ak tang) — one who votes
  • Latin: suffrāgātor — one who votes
  • Latvian: vēlētājs — one who votes
  • Latvian: balsotājs — one who votes
  • Lithuanian: rinkėjas — one who votes
  • Macedonian: гласач (glasač) — one who votes
  • Malay: pengundi — one who votes
  • Māori: kaipōti — one who votes
  • Mongolian: сонгогч (songogč) — one who votes
  • Norman: voteux — one who votes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: velger — one who votes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: veljar — one who votes
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гласач (hlasač) — one who votes
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гласачка (hlasačka) — one who votes
  • Pashto: راى ورکونکى — one who votes
  • Iranian Persian: رَأْیدَهَنْدِه (ra'y-dahande) — one who votes
  • Plautdietsch: Stemm — one who votes
  • Polish: wyborca — one who votes
  • Polish: wyborczyni — one who votes
  • Polish: elektor — one who votes
  • Portuguese: votante — one who votes
  • Portuguese: eleitor — one who votes
  • Portuguese: eleitora — one who votes
  • Romanian: votant — one who votes
  • Romanian: alegător — one who votes
  • Russian: избира́тель (izbirátelʹ) — one who votes
  • Russian: избира́тельница (izbirátelʹnica) — one who votes
  • Russian: голосу́ющий (golosújuščij) — one who votes
  • Russian: голосу́ющая (golosújuščaja) — one who votes
  • Northern Sami: jienasteaddji — one who votes
  • Serbo-Croatian: гла̀са̄ч — one who votes
  • Serbo-Croatian: glàsāč — one who votes
  • Slovak: volič — one who votes
  • Slovene: volivec — one who votes
  • Slovene: volivka — one who votes
  • Slovene: glasovalec — one who votes
  • Slovene: glasovalka — one who votes
  • Spanish: votante — one who votes
  • Spanish: votador — one who votes
  • Swahili: mpigakura — one who votes
  • Swedish: väljare — one who votes
  • Swedish: väljarinna — one who votes
  • Swedish: valman — one who votes
  • Tagalog: botante — one who votes
  • Tajik: интихобкунанда (intixobkunanda) — one who votes
  • Tajik: раъйдиҳанда (ra'ydihanda) — one who votes
  • Tajik: овоздиҳанда (ovozdihanda) — one who votes
  • Tatar: сайлаучы (saylawçı) — one who votes
  • Thai: ผู้เลือกตั้ง (pûu-lʉ̂ʉak-dtâng) — one who votes
  • Turkish: seçmen — one who votes
  • Turkish: saylavcı — one who votes
  • Turkmen: saýlawçy — one who votes
  • Turkmen: saýlaýjy — one who votes
  • Ukrainian: ви́борець (výborecʹ) — one who votes
  • Ukrainian: обира́льник (obyrálʹnyk) — one who votes
  • Ukrainian: голосу́ючий (holosújučyj) — one who votes
  • Urdu: رائے دِہِنْدَہ (rāe dihinda) — one who votes
  • Urdu: ووٹَر (voṭar) — one who votes
  • Uyghur: سايلىغۇچى (saylighuchi) — one who votes
  • Uzbek: saylovchi — one who votes
  • Vietnamese: cử tri — one who votes
  • Volapük: vögodan — one who votes
  • Yiddish: וויילער (veyler) — one who votes
  • Zazaki: reywan — one who votes
Real reading context

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