See ballot on Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "absentee ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Australian ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ballotation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ballot box"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ballot candy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "balloter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ballotful"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ballotist"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "ballotless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "bedsheet ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "blanket ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "butterfly ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "down-ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "e-ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "long ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Massachusetts ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "paper ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "postal ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "preballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "secret ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "short ballot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "straw ballot"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "balota"
},
"expansion": "Italian balota",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "balote"
},
"expansion": "Middle French balote",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "balotiage"
},
"expansion": "Middle French balotiage",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ballottage",
"3": "",
"4": "second ballot, runoff"
},
"expansion": "French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*ballu",
"t": "ball"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (suffix forming diminutive nouns); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ballots",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ballot (plural ballots)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bal‧lot"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote."
],
"id": "en-ballot-en-noun-d0eNFDq7",
"links": [
[
"ball",
"ball"
],
[
"placed",
"place#Verb"
],
[
"container",
"container"
],
[
"cast",
"cast#Verb"
],
[
"vote",
"vote#Verb"
],
[
"paper",
"paper"
],
[
"card",
"card"
],
[
"means",
"means#Noun"
],
[
"signify",
"signify"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"sense": "paper or card used to cast a vote",
"word": "ballot paper"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 5 0",
"sense": "paper or card used to cast a vote",
"word": "voting slip"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections\nthe insufficiency of the ballot"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 9, Mel Holley, “TSSA accepts offer, but RMT sets new strike dates”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11:",
"text": "In the TSSA ballot, 80% of management grade and 60% of general grade members voted to accept, on an overall turnout of 57%.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting."
],
"id": "en-ballot-en-noun-iHfhA7ti",
"links": [
[
"process",
"process"
],
[
"voting",
"voting"
],
[
"secret",
"secret"
],
[
"round",
"round#Noun"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taṣwīt",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَصْوِيت"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "səsvermə"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "bozketa"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "halasavánnje",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "галасава́нне"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "glasuváne",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гласува́не"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tóupiào",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "投票"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hlasování"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volba"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "afstemning"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "baloto"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "äänestäminen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "äänestys"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "votation"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xmis micema",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "ხმის მიცემა"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abstimmung"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psifoforía",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ψηφοφορία"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "titkos szavazás"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "votazione"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"alt": "とうひょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōhyō",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "投票"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"alt": "投票",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tupyo",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "투표"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "suffrāgium"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "glasanje",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гласање"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "māpere"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "jienasteapmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "avstemning"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "głosowanie"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"english": "secret vote with balls or paper",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balot"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"english": "secret vote with balls or paper",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balotaż"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "votação"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "golosovánije",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "голосова́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voleizʺjavlénije",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "волеизъявле́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ballotiróvka",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "баллотиро́вка"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "гла̀са̄ње"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "glàsānje"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hlasovanie"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "glasovanje"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "elecciones"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "votación"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ballotering"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 86 3 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "holosuvánnja",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "голосува́ння"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The total of all the votes cast in an election."
],
"id": "en-ballot-en-noun-iEIaedZQ",
"links": [
[
"total",
"total"
],
[
"election",
"election"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "11 4 84 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "total of all votes cast in an election",
"word": "äänimäärä"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 4 84 1",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "total of all votes cast in an election",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opptelling"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A list of candidates running for office; a ticket."
],
"id": "en-ballot-en-noun-0~R4IkDu",
"links": [
[
"list",
"list#Noun"
],
[
"candidate",
"candidate"
],
[
"running",
"run#Verb"
],
[
"office",
"office"
],
[
"ticket",
"ticket"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket."
],
"tags": [
"US"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 18 0 75",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kandidatenlijst"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 18 0 75",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"word": "ehdokaslista"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 18 0 75",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psifodéltio",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ψηφοδέλτιο"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 18 0 75",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"word": "rārangi kaitono pōti"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 18 0 75",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "valgliste"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 18 0 75",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lista de candidatos"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 18 0 75",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "candidatura"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbælət/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbælət/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-ballot.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/En-au-ballot.ogg/En-au-ballot.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/En-au-ballot.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ballot.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ælət"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻveatʻertʻik",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "քվեաթերթիկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjuljeténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бюлетэ́нь"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bjuletína",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бюлети́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mai:",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "မဲ"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "papereta de vot"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "選票"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuǎnpiào",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "选票"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "volební lístek"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "hlasovací lístek"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stembiljet"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "baloto"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valseðil"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "äänestyslippu"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "äänestyslipuke"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "vaalilippu"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bulletin de vote"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bulletin"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "biuleṭeni",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "ბიულეტენი"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saarčevno biuleṭeni",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "საარჩევნო ბიულეტენი"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stimmzettel"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psifodéltio",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ψηφοδέλτιο"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "peteq hatzba'a",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פתק הצבעה"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "szavazócédula"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "szavazólap"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjörseðill"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "kertas suara"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "surat suara"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scheda elettorale"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"alt": "とうひょうようし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōhyō yōshi",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "投票用紙"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "kac",
"lang": "Jingpho",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "me"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sɑɑnlɨkchnaot",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "សន្លឹកឆ្នោត"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"alt": "投票用紙",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tupyoyongji",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "투표용지"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "kertas undi"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "pepa pōti"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "scrutîn"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stemmeseddel"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stemm"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cédula eleitoral"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boletim"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "buletin de vot"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bjulleténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бюллете́нь"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izbirátelʹnyj bjulleténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "избира́тельный бюллете́нь"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "glasovnica"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "papeleta de voto"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balota"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "valsedel"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "röstsedel"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "balota"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bjuleténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бюлете́нь"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyborčyj bjuleténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "виборчий бюлете́нь"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "lá phiếu"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "phiếu bầu cử"
},
{
"_dis1": "33 33 5 29",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "phiếu bầu"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia",
"National Museum of American History"
],
"word": "ballot"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "reballot"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "balota"
},
"expansion": "Italian balota",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "balote"
},
"expansion": "Middle French balote",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "balotiage"
},
"expansion": "Middle French balotiage",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ballottage",
"3": "",
"4": "second ballot, runoff"
},
"expansion": "French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*ballu",
"t": "ball"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (suffix forming diminutive nouns); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ballots",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "balloting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "balloted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "balloted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ballot (third-person singular simple present ballots, present participle balloting, simple past and past participle balloted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bal‧lot"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "also derived from the old practice of using balls to vote",
"word": "blackballing"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms with collocations",
"parents": [
"Terms with collocations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to ballot for a candidate",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To vote or decide by ballot."
],
"id": "en-ballot-en-verb-86O5TBq1",
"links": [
[
"vote",
"vote"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To vote or decide by ballot."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "67 0 33",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "(tajně) hlasovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 0 33",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "volit"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 0 33",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "balotować"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 0 33",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"word": "ballotera"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 0 33",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"word": "bỏ phiếu"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 0 33",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"word": "bỏ phiếu bầu"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 23 1 21 3 37 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 14 1 11 2 52 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 20 1 18 2 33 2 1 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 21 1 19 1 34 1 0 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 16 2 18 4 38 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 16 2 18 4 38 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Basque translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 17 2 16 4 41 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Belarusian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 17 2 17 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 16 2 18 4 38 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Burmese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 15 2 17 3 44 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 16 3 18 4 38 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 14 1 17 2 48 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 17 3 14 4 43 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 17 2 19 3 42 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Faroese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 15 2 16 3 44 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 15 2 12 4 49 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 16 2 17 4 38 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 16 2 14 3 48 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 16 2 13 4 42 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 16 3 15 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 16 2 17 4 38 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 17 2 18 4 40 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 15 2 13 3 48 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 17 2 15 3 45 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 17 1 16 2 47 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Jingpho translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 16 2 18 4 38 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Khmer translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 17 2 15 3 45 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Latin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 17 2 18 4 40 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Malay translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 17 2 18 3 40 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Maori translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 17 2 16 4 40 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norman translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 14 0 14 1 57 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Northern Sami translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 16 2 18 4 39 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 17 2 18 4 40 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 14 1 15 2 54 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 15 2 15 4 44 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 15 2 16 8 42 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 17 2 18 4 40 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 17 2 14 3 43 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 17 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 17 2 18 4 40 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Slovene translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 18 1 15 3 46 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 15 1 16 3 43 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 16 2 18 4 39 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 21 13 19 2 32 1",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Democracy",
"orig": "en:Democracy",
"parents": [
"Forms of government",
"Government",
"Politics",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To draw lots."
],
"id": "en-ballot-en-verb-6Da2j3yX",
"links": [
[
"draw",
"draw"
],
[
"lots",
"lots"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To draw lots."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "teglja žrebii",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "тегля жребии"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "arpoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "māpere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjanútʹ žrébij",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "тяну́ть жре́бий"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "dra lott"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "lotta"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The trade union balloted its members for strike action.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To invite to vote on a proposal."
],
"id": "en-ballot-en-verb-s~dJ-mUG",
"links": [
[
"invite",
"invite"
],
[
"proposal",
"proposal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To invite to vote on a proposal."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbælət/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbælət/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-ballot.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/En-au-ballot.ogg/En-au-ballot.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/En-au-ballot.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ballot.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ælət"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia",
"National Museum of American History"
],
"word": "ballot"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "C’est ballot"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "balle",
"3": "-ot"
},
"expansion": "balle + -ot",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From balle + -ot.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ballots",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "ballot m (plural ballots)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"bundle, package"
],
"id": "en-ballot-fr-noun-MoSmqwzp",
"links": [
[
"bundle",
"bundle"
],
[
"package",
"package"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "3 97",
"kind": "other",
"name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 89",
"kind": "other",
"name": "French terms suffixed with -ot",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"fool, nitwit"
],
"id": "en-ballot-fr-noun-IHuzO49J",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"fool",
"fool"
],
[
"nitwit",
"nitwit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, derogatory) fool, nitwit"
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"informal",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ba.lo/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-ballot.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-ballot.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-ballot.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-ballot.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-ballot.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-o"
}
],
"word": "ballot"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "se",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "ballot",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"lang_code": "se",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ballat"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first-person plural imperative of ballat"
],
"id": "en-ballot-se-verb-U6FacEBL",
"links": [
[
"ballat",
"ballat#Northern_Sami"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpalloh(t)/",
"tags": [
"Kautokeino"
]
}
],
"word": "ballot"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Italian",
"English terms derived from Italian",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ælət",
"Rhymes:English/ælət/2 syllables",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Basque translations",
"Terms with Belarusian translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Burmese translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Faroese translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Jingpho translations",
"Terms with Khmer translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Norman translations",
"Terms with Northern Sami translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tagalog translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"en:Democracy"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "absentee ballot"
},
{
"word": "Australian ballot"
},
{
"word": "ballotation"
},
{
"word": "ballot box"
},
{
"word": "ballot candy"
},
{
"word": "balloter"
},
{
"word": "ballotful"
},
{
"word": "ballotist"
},
{
"word": "ballotless"
},
{
"word": "bedsheet ballot"
},
{
"word": "blanket ballot"
},
{
"word": "butterfly ballot"
},
{
"word": "down-ballot"
},
{
"word": "e-ballot"
},
{
"word": "long ballot"
},
{
"word": "Massachusetts ballot"
},
{
"word": "paper ballot"
},
{
"word": "postal ballot"
},
{
"word": "preballot"
},
{
"word": "secret ballot"
},
{
"word": "short ballot"
},
{
"word": "straw ballot"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "balota"
},
"expansion": "Italian balota",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "balote"
},
"expansion": "Middle French balote",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "balotiage"
},
"expansion": "Middle French balotiage",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ballottage",
"3": "",
"4": "second ballot, runoff"
},
"expansion": "French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*ballu",
"t": "ball"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (suffix forming diminutive nouns); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ballots",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ballot (plural ballots)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bal‧lot"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote."
],
"links": [
[
"ball",
"ball"
],
[
"placed",
"place#Verb"
],
[
"container",
"container"
],
[
"cast",
"cast#Verb"
],
[
"vote",
"vote#Verb"
],
[
"paper",
"paper"
],
[
"card",
"card"
],
[
"means",
"means#Noun"
],
[
"signify",
"signify"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "July 1836, A. B. (initials of author), London and Westminster Review Article XI, Bribery and Intimidation at Elections\nthe insufficiency of the ballot"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 9, Mel Holley, “TSSA accepts offer, but RMT sets new strike dates”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11:",
"text": "In the TSSA ballot, 80% of management grade and 60% of general grade members voted to accept, on an overall turnout of 57%.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting."
],
"links": [
[
"process",
"process"
],
[
"voting",
"voting"
],
[
"secret",
"secret"
],
[
"round",
"round#Noun"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The total of all the votes cast in an election."
],
"links": [
[
"total",
"total"
],
[
"election",
"election"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English"
],
"glosses": [
"A list of candidates running for office; a ticket."
],
"links": [
[
"list",
"list#Noun"
],
[
"candidate",
"candidate"
],
[
"running",
"run#Verb"
],
[
"office",
"office"
],
[
"ticket",
"ticket"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket."
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbælət/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbælət/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-ballot.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/En-au-ballot.ogg/En-au-ballot.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/En-au-ballot.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ballot.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ælət"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "paper or card used to cast a vote",
"word": "ballot paper"
},
{
"sense": "paper or card used to cast a vote",
"word": "voting slip"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʻveatʻertʻik",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "քվեաթերթիկ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bjuljeténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бюлетэ́нь"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bjuletína",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бюлети́на"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mai:",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "မဲ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "papereta de vot"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "選票"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuǎnpiào",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "选票"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "volební lístek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "hlasovací lístek"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stembiljet"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "baloto"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "valseðil"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "äänestyslippu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "äänestyslipuke"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "vaalilippu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bulletin de vote"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bulletin"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "biuleṭeni",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "ბიულეტენი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saarčevno biuleṭeni",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "საარჩევნო ბიულეტენი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stimmzettel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psifodéltio",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ψηφοδέλτιο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "peteq hatzba'a",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פתק הצבעה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "szavazócédula"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "szavazólap"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjörseðill"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "kertas suara"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "surat suara"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scheda elettorale"
},
{
"alt": "とうひょうようし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōhyō yōshi",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "投票用紙"
},
{
"code": "kac",
"lang": "Jingpho",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "me"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sɑɑnlɨkchnaot",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "សន្លឹកឆ្នោត"
},
{
"alt": "投票用紙",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tupyoyongji",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "투표용지"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "kertas undi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "pepa pōti"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"masculine"
],
"word": "scrutîn"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stemmeseddel"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stemm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cédula eleitoral"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boletim"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "buletin de vot"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bjulleténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бюллете́нь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izbirátelʹnyj bjulleténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "избира́тельный бюллете́нь"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "glasovnica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "papeleta de voto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balota"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "valsedel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "röstsedel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "balota"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bjuleténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бюлете́нь"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyborčyj bjuleténʹ",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "виборчий бюлете́нь"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "lá phiếu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "phiếu bầu cử"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "paper used for vote-casting — see also ballot paper",
"word": "phiếu bầu"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "taṣwīt",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "تَصْوِيت"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "səsvermə"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "bozketa"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "halasavánnje",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "галасава́нне"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "glasuváne",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гласува́не"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tóupiào",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "投票"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hlasování"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volba"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "afstemning"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "baloto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "äänestäminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "äänestys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "votation"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xmis micema",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "ხმის მიცემა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abstimmung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psifoforía",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ψηφοφορία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "titkos szavazás"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "votazione"
},
{
"alt": "とうひょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōhyō",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "投票"
},
{
"alt": "投票",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tupyo",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "투표"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "suffrāgium"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "glasanje",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гласање"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "māpere"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "process of voting",
"word": "jienasteapmi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "avstemning"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "głosowanie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "secret vote with balls or paper",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balot"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "secret vote with balls or paper",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balotaż"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "votação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "golosovánije",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "голосова́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voleizʺjavlénije",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "волеизъявле́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ballotiróvka",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "баллотиро́вка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "гла̀са̄ње"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "glàsānje"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hlasovanie"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "glasovanje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "elecciones"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "votación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ballotering"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "holosuvánnja",
"sense": "process of voting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "голосува́ння"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kandidatenlijst"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"word": "ehdokaslista"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "psifodéltio",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ψηφοδέλτιο"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"word": "rārangi kaitono pōti"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "valgliste"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lista de candidatos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "list of candidates",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "candidatura"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "total of all votes cast in an election",
"word": "äänimäärä"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "total of all votes cast in an election",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opptelling"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia",
"National Museum of American History"
],
"word": "ballot"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Italian",
"English terms derived from Italian",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ælət",
"Rhymes:English/ælət/2 syllables",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
"Terms with Basque translations",
"Terms with Belarusian translations",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Burmese translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Faroese translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Jingpho translations",
"Terms with Khmer translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Latin translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Norman translations",
"Terms with Northern Sami translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Norwegian translations",
"Terms with Plautdietsch translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
"Terms with Slovak translations",
"Terms with Slovene translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tagalog translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"en:Democracy"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "reballot"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "balota"
},
"expansion": "Italian balota",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "balote"
},
"expansion": "Middle French balote",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "obsolete"
},
"expansion": "(obsolete)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "balotiage"
},
"expansion": "Middle French balotiage",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ballottage",
"3": "",
"4": "second ballot, runoff"
},
"expansion": "French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*ballu",
"t": "ball"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian balota (obsolete), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (suffix forming diminutive nouns); or from Middle French balote (obsolete), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)); both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *ballu (“ball”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ballots",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "balloting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "balloted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "balloted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "ballot (third-person singular simple present ballots, present participle balloting, simple past and past participle balloted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bal‧lot"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"english": "also derived from the old practice of using balls to vote",
"word": "blackballing"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with collocations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to ballot for a candidate",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To vote or decide by ballot."
],
"links": [
[
"vote",
"vote"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To vote or decide by ballot."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To draw lots."
],
"links": [
[
"draw",
"draw"
],
[
"lots",
"lots"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To draw lots."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The trade union balloted its members for strike action.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To invite to vote on a proposal."
],
"links": [
[
"invite",
"invite"
],
[
"proposal",
"proposal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To invite to vote on a proposal."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbælət/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbælət/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-ballot.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/eb/En-au-ballot.ogg/En-au-ballot.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/En-au-ballot.ogg"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ballot.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-ballot.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ælət"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "(tajně) hlasovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "volit"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "balotować"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"word": "ballotera"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"word": "bỏ phiếu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to vote by ballot",
"word": "bỏ phiếu bầu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "teglja žrebii",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "тегля жребии"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "arpoa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "māpere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tjanútʹ žrébij",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "тяну́ть жре́бий"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "dra lott"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to draw lots",
"word": "lotta"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Association of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia",
"National Museum of American History"
],
"word": "ballot"
}
{
"categories": [
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French masculine nouns",
"French nouns",
"French terms suffixed with -ot",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:French/o",
"Rhymes:French/o/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "C’est ballot"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "balle",
"3": "-ot"
},
"expansion": "balle + -ot",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From balle + -ot.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ballots",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "ballot m (plural ballots)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"bundle, package"
],
"links": [
[
"bundle",
"bundle"
],
[
"package",
"package"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"French derogatory terms",
"French informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"fool, nitwit"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"fool",
"fool"
],
[
"nitwit",
"nitwit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, derogatory) fool, nitwit"
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"informal",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ba.lo/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-ballot.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-ballot.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-ballot.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-ballot.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lyoko%C3%AF-ballot.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-o"
}
],
"word": "ballot"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "se",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "ballot",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"lang_code": "se",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Northern Sami 2-syllable words",
"Northern Sami entries with incorrect language header",
"Northern Sami non-lemma forms",
"Northern Sami terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Northern Sami verb forms",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ballat"
}
],
"glosses": [
"first-person plural imperative of ballat"
],
"links": [
[
"ballat",
"ballat#Northern_Sami"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpalloh(t)/",
"tags": [
"Kautokeino"
]
}
],
"word": "ballot"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ballot meaning in All languages combined (29.3kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (d6bf104 and a5af179). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.