"ballot" meaning in French

See ballot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ba.lo/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-ballot.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ballot.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: ballote [feminine], ballots [masculine, plural], ballotes [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: From balle + -ot. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|balle|-ot}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-ittus", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-et", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-et", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-et", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ot", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "ballot", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="ballot">, {{af|fr|balle|-ot}} balle + -ot Head templates: {{fr-adj}} ballot (feminine ballote, masculine plural ballots, feminine plural ballotes)
  1. (colloquial) silly Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-ballot-fr-adj-MLh5VDeg Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -ot Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ot: 24 24 15 36
  2. (colloquial) regrettable Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-ballot-fr-adj-EIbyYvnt Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French terms suffixed with -ot Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ot: 24 24 15 36

Noun

IPA: /ba.lo/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-ballot.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-ballot.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: ballots [plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: From balle + -ot. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:af|balle|-ot}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-ittus", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-et", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-et", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-et", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ot", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "ballot", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="ballot">, {{af|fr|balle|-ot}} balle + -ot Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} ballot m (plural ballots)
  1. bundle, package Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ballot-fr-noun-MoSmqwzp Categories (other): French terms suffixed with -ot Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ot: 24 24 15 36
  2. (informal, derogatory) fool, nitwit Tags: derogatory, informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-ballot-fr-noun-IHuzO49J Categories (other): French entries referencing ambiguous etymons, French entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ot, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 7 7 5 80 Disambiguation of French entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 7 7 5 80 Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 8 8 0 83 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 4 87 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ot: 24 24 15 36 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 9 9 0 83 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 9 9 0 83

Inflected forms

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        "3": "-ot"
      },
      "expansion": "balle + -ot",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From balle + -ot.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ballote",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballots",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ballotes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "French colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "silly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) silly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French colloquialisms",
        "French terms with collocations",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of French quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "it's a pity",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "c'est ballot",
          "translation": "it's a pity",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              161,
              167
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2024, Alain Damasio, Vallée du silicium, Paris: Seuil, →ISBN, page 129:",
          "text": "L'ironie est qu'Arnaud ne peut nous montrer les locaux qu'à travers la vitrine, car dans le monde réel, la continuité H24 reste inhumaine et les services, c'est ballot, ferment à certaines heures…",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "regrettable"
      ],
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        [
          "regrettable",
          "regrettable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) regrettable"
      ],
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        "colloquial"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ba.lo/"
    },
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        "France",
        "Lyon"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Vosges"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
    }
  ],
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}

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