electoral
See also: électoral
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɛk.tə.ɹəl/, /ɪˈlɛk.tɹəl/, (uncommon) /ɪ.lɛkˈtɔɹ.əl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈlɛk.tɚ.əl/; /ə.lɛkˈtoɹ.əl/, /ˌɛ.lɛkˈtoɹ.əl/, /ˌiː.lɛkˈtoɹ.əl/
Audio (US): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈlek.tə.ɹəl/, /əˈlek.tɹəl/
Adjective
electoral (not comparable)
- Relating to or composed of electors.
- Of, or relating to elections.
- 2016 August 31, Rashmee Roshan Lall, “Nationalism is the new normal in global politics”, in The National[1]:
- Even in Austria, a largely uneventful democracy, the far right Freedom Party has achieved startling electoral success on the strength of its ability to play up people’s suspicions and anger that "everything is rigged" and that the system is weighted to discount the popular will.
Synonyms
- electorial (uncommon)
Derived terms
Translations
relating to or composed of electors
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of, or relating to elections
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Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.lək.tuˈɾal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.lək.toˈɾal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.lek.toˈɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
electoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural electorals)
Further reading
- “electoral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French électoral. By surface analysis, elector + -al.
Adjective
electoral m or n (feminine singular electorală, masculine plural electorali, feminine and neuter plural electorale)
Declension
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | electoral | electorală | electorali | electorale | |||
definite | electoralul | electorala | electoralii | electoralele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | electoral | electorale | electorali | electorale | |||
definite | electoralului | electoralei | electoralilor | electoralelor |
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eleɡtoˈɾal/ [e.leɣ̞.t̪oˈɾal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: e‧lec‧to‧ral
Adjective
electoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural electorales)
- electoral
- 2024 October 20, EFE, “Nueva caravana migrante con miles de personas sale de la frontera sur de México hacia Estados Unidos”, in CNN en Español[2]:
- Miles de migrantes, en su mayoría venezolanos que salieron de su país tras la crisis electoral desatada a finales de julio, partieron este domingo en una nueva caravana denominada “El Niño”, desde la frontera sur de México, con destino a Estados Unidos.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “electoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024