"referendum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɹɛfəˈɹɛndəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-referendum.wav Forms: referenda [plural], referendums [plural]
Etymology: From Latin referendum (“that which ought to be announced”), from refero (“I announce”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|referendus|referendum|that which ought to be announced}} Latin referendum (“that which ought to be announced”) Head templates: {{en-noun|referenda|s}} referendum (plural referenda or referendums)
  1. (politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. (The adposition on is usually used before the related subject of the vote.) Categories (topical): Politics, Democracy Synonyms: plebiscite Translations (direct popular vote): referendum [masculine] (Albanian), اِسْتِفْتاء (istiftāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), اِسْتِفْتاء (istiftāʔ) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ռեֆերենդում (ṙeferendum) (Armenian), հանրաքվե (hanrakʻve) (Armenian), referendum (Azerbaijani), ümumxalq sorğu (Azerbaijani), ümumi rəy sorğusu (Azerbaijani), рэферэ́ндум (refjeréndum) [masculine] (Belarusian), рефере́ндум (referéndum) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဆန္ဒခံယူခြင်း (hcanda.hkam-yuhkrang:) (Burmese), ဆန္ဒခံယူပွဲ (hcanda.hkam-yu-pwai:) (Burmese), referèndum [masculine] (Catalan), 公民投票 (gōngmín tóupiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 公投 (gōngtóu) (Chinese Mandarin), gwerinvotyans [feminine] (Cornish), referendum (Crimean Tatar), referendum [neuter] (Czech), folkeafstemning [common-gender] (Danish), referendum [neuter] (Dutch), volksraadpleging [feminine] (Dutch), referendumo (Esperanto), referendum (Estonian), rahvahääletus (Estonian), rahvaküsitlus (Estonian), fólkaatkvøða [feminine] (Faroese), kansanäänestys (Finnish), référendum [masculine] (French), referendo [masculine] (Galician), რეფერენდუმი (reperendumi) (Georgian), Referendum [neuter] (German), Volksabstimmung [feminine] (German), δημοψήφισμα (dimopsífisma) [neuter] (Greek), מִשְׁאַל עַם (mish'ál 'ám) [masculine] (Hebrew), जनमत-संग्रह (janmat-saṅgrah) [masculine] (Hindi), मत-संग्रह (mat-saṅgrah) [masculine] (Hindi), रेफ़रेंडम (refreṇḍam) (Hindi), szavazás (Hungarian), népszavazás (Hungarian), referendum (Hungarian), þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla [feminine] (Icelandic), þjóðaratkvæði [neuter] (Icelandic), referendum (Indonesian), هَمِهپُرْسی (hame-porsi) (Iranian Persian), رِفْرانْدوم (refrândom) (Iranian Persian), reifreann [masculine] (Irish), referendum [masculine] (Italian), 住民投票 (jūmin tōhyō) (alt: じゅうみんとうひょう) [general] (Japanese), 国民投票 (kokumin tōhyō) (note: for national vote) (alt: こくみんとうひょう) (Japanese), референдум (referendum) (Kazakh), ប្រជាមតិ (prɑɑciə mĕəʼteʼ) (Khmer), 국민투표 (gungmintupyo) (alt: 國民投票) (Korean), референдум (referendum) (Kyrgyz), ປະຊາມະຕິ (pa sā ma ti) (Lao), referendums [masculine] (Latvian), referendumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), рефере́ндум (referéndum) [masculine] (Macedonian), pungutan suara (Malay), referendum (Malay), tāpaetanga pōti (Maori), pōtitake (Maori), бүх нийтийн санал хураалт (büx niitiin sanal xuraalt) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), референдум (referendum) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), referandûm (Northern Kurdish), álbmotjienasteapmi (Northern Sami), folkeavstemning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), referendum [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), uravstemning (note: in membership organisations) [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), folkerøysting [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), referendum [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ټولپوښتنه (ṭolpuẍtǝna) [feminine] (Pashto), رفرنډم (referanḍum) [masculine] (Pashto), رېفرانډم (refrānḍam) [masculine] (Pashto), referendum [neuter] (Polish), referendo [masculine] (Portuguese), plebiscito [masculine] (Portuguese), referendum [neuter] (Romanian), рефере́ндум (referéndum) [masculine] (Russian), reifreann (Scottish Gaelic), реферѐндум [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), referèndum [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), referendum [neuter] (Slovak), referendum [masculine] (Slovene), referéndum [masculine] (Spanish), referendo [masculine] (Spanish), plebiscito [masculine] (Spanish), folkomröstning [common-gender] (Swedish), pagtutukoy (Tagalog), reperendum (Tagalog), раъйпурсӣ (raʾypursi) (Tajik), референдум (referendum) (Tajik), ประชามติ (bprà-chaa-má-dtì) (Thai), referandum (Turkish), halk oylaması (Turkish), referendum (Turkmen), рефере́ндум (referéndum) [masculine] (Ukrainian), رِیفْرینْڈَم (rīfrenḍam) (Urdu), رېفېراندۇم (rëfërandum) (Uyghur), referendum (Uzbek), trưng cầu dân ý (Vietnamese), refferendwm [feminine] (Welsh), רעפֿערענדום (referendum) [masculine] (Yiddish)
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  2. An action, choice, etc., which is perceived as passing judgment on another matter. Translations (action perceived as passing judgment): luottamuslauseäänestys (Finnish), рефере́ндум (referéndum) [masculine] (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pseudoreferendum Related terms: ad referendum

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          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Democracy",
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        {
          "ref": "1975, Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, Informational Bulletin:",
          "text": "In some cases, a referendum on the proposed bond issue must be held.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Nalini Mohabir, “Renaming the Cook Islands would be a vital step towards true independence”, in Guardian.:",
          "text": "Although the Cook Islands held a referendum in 1994, when voters rejected a name change, the yearning for a decolonised identity has not disappeared.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. (The adposition on is usually used before the related subject of the vote.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-referendum-en-noun-hIm05Eb~",
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ],
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ],
        [
          "vote",
          "vote"
        ],
        [
          "propose",
          "propose"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "constitutional",
          "constitutional"
        ],
        [
          "amendment",
          "amendment"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ]
      ],
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        "(politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. (The adposition on is usually used before the related subject of the vote.)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "plebiscite"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istiftāʔ",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "اِسْتِفْتاء"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "istiftāʔ",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "اِسْتِفْتاء"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ṙeferendum",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "ռեֆերենդում"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hanrakʻve",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "հանրաքվե"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "ümumxalq sorğu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "ümumi rəy sorğusu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "refjeréndum",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рэферэ́ндум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "referéndum",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рефере́ндум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hcanda.hkam-yuhkrang:",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "ဆန္ဒခံယူခြင်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hcanda.hkam-yu-pwai:",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "ဆန္ဒခံယူပွဲ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "referèndum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngmín tóupiào",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "公民投票"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngtóu",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "公投"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gwerinvotyans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "folkeafstemning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "volksraadpleging"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "referendumo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "rahvahääletus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "rahvaküsitlus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fólkaatkvøða"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "kansanäänestys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "référendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "referendo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "reperendumi",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "რეფერენდუმი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Volksabstimmung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dimopsífisma",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δημοψήφισμα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mish'ál 'ám",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מִשְׁאַל עַם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "janmat-saṅgrah",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "जनमत-संग्रह"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mat-saṅgrah",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "मत-संग्रह"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "refreṇḍam",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "रेफ़रेंडम"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "szavazás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "népszavazás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "þjóðaratkvæði"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reifreann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "じゅうみんとうひょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "jūmin tōhyō",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "general"
          ],
          "word": "住民投票"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "こくみんとうひょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "for national vote",
          "roman": "kokumin tōhyō",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "国民投票"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "referendum",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "референдум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "prɑɑciə mĕəʼteʼ",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "ប្រជាមតិ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "國民投票",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gungmintupyo",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "국민투표"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "referandûm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "referendum",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "референдум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pa sā ma ti",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "ປະຊາມະຕິ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "referendums"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "referendumas"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "referéndum",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рефере́ндум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "pungutan suara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "referendum"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "tāpaetanga pōti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "pōtitake"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "büx niitiin sanal xuraalt",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "бүх нийтийн санал хураалт"
        },
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "referendum",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
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          "word": "референдум"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "álbmotjienasteapmi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "folkeavstemning"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "referendum"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "note": "in membership organisations",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uravstemning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "folkerøysting"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "referendum"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "ṭolpuẍtǝna",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ټولپوښتنه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "referanḍum",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "رفرنډم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "refrānḍam",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "رېفرانډم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "hame-porsi",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "هَمِهپُرْسی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "refrândom",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "رِفْرانْدوم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "referendo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plebiscito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "referéndum",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рефере́ндум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "word": "reifreann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "реферѐндум"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "referèndum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "direct popular vote",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "referendum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "referendumas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "referéndum",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рефере́ндум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "pungutan suara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "referendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "tāpaetanga pōti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "pōtitake"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "büx niitiin sanal xuraalt",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бүх нийтийн санал хураалт"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "referendum",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "референдум"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "álbmotjienasteapmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folkeavstemning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "referendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "note": "in membership organisations",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uravstemning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folkerøysting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "referendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ṭolpuẍtǝna",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ټولپوښتنه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "referanḍum",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رفرنډم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "refrānḍam",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رېفرانډم"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "hame-porsi",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "هَمِهپُرْسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "refrândom",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "رِفْرانْدوم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "referendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "referendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebiscito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "referendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "referéndum",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рефере́ндум"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "reifreann"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "реферѐндум"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "referèndum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "referendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "referendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "referéndum"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "referendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plebiscito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folkomröstning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "pagtutukoy"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "reperendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "raʾypursi",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "раъйпурсӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "referendum",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "референдум"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bprà-chaa-má-dtì",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "ประชามติ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "referandum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "halk oylaması"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "referendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "referéndum",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рефере́ндум"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "rīfrenḍam",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "رِیفْرینْڈَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "rëfërandum",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "رېفېراندۇم"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "referendum"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "word": "trưng cầu dân ý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "refferendwm"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "referendum",
      "sense": "direct popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רעפֿערענדום"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "action perceived as passing judgment",
      "word": "luottamuslauseäänestys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "referéndum",
      "sense": "action perceived as passing judgment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рефере́ндум"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "referendum"
  ],
  "word": "referendum"
}

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