"by-election" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: by-elections [plural]
Etymology: From by- (“side, secondary, ancillary”) + election. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|by-|election|t1=side, secondary, ancillary}} by- (“side, secondary, ancillary”) + election Head templates: {{en-noun}} by-election (plural by-elections)
  1. An election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections. Wikipedia link: by-election Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: bypoll [India], special election [Philippines, US], bye-election, byelection Translations (election to fill a vacant political office): اِنْتِخَابَات تَكْمِيلِيَّة (intiḵābāt takmīliyya) [masculine, plural] (Arabic), উপনির্বাচন (uponirbacon) (Bengali), частични избори (častični izbori) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), elecció parcial [feminine] (Catalan), 補選 (Chinese Cantonese), 补选 (bou² syun²) (Chinese Cantonese), 補選 (Chinese Mandarin), 补选 (bǔxuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), doplňovací volby [masculine] (Czech), suppleringsvalg [neuter] (Danish), täydennysvaali (Finnish), élection partielle [feminine] (French), დამატებითი არჩევნები (damaṭebiti arčevnebi) (Georgian), Nachwahl [feminine] (German), בחירות ביניים (b'khirót beinayim) [feminine, plural] (Hebrew), उपचुनाव (upcunāv) [masculine] (Hindi), pótválasztás (Hungarian), pemilihan sela (Indonesian), pemilihan umum sela (Indonesian), fothoghchán [masculine] (Irish), elezioni suppletive [feminine, plural] (Italian), elezioni supplementari [feminine, plural] (Italian), 補欠選挙 (hoketsu senkyo) (alt: ほけつせんきょ) (Japanese), 재보궐선거 (jaebogwolseon'geo) (Korean), pilihan raya kecil (Malay), suppleringsvalg [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), suppleringsval [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), انتخابات میاندورهای (entexâbât miyândorâhi) (Persian), wybory uzupełniające (Polish), eleição suplementar [feminine] (Portuguese), frith-thaghadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fo-thaghadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), до̀пунскӣ ѝзбори [Cyrillic, masculine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), dòpunskī ìzbori [Roman, masculine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), elección parcial [feminine] (Spanish), fyllnadsval [common-gender] (Swedish), ara seçim (Turkish), ضمنی انتخابات (zimnī intixābāt) [masculine, plural] (Urdu), isetholiad [masculine] (Welsh), בײַוואַלן (bayvaln) (Yiddish)

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      "word": "pilihan raya kecil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "suppleringsvalg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "suppleringsval"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "entexâbât miyândorâhi",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "word": "انتخابات میاندورهای"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "word": "wybory uzupełniające"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eleição suplementar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frith-thaghadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fo-thaghadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "до̀пунскӣ ѝзбори"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "dòpunskī ìzbori"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elección parcial"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fyllnadsval"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "word": "ara seçim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zimnī intixābāt",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ضمنی انتخابات"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "isetholiad"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bayvaln",
      "sense": "election to fill a vacant political office",
      "word": "בײַוואַלן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "by-election"
}

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