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masculine

/vɔt/

Line drawing of vote
Coloured illustration of vote
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Translation

vote, ballot

Word origin

Borrowed in the eighteenth century from English vote, which comes from Latin votum ('a vow, a wish'), the past participle of vovere ('to vow'). French 'voeu' descends from the same Latin word by the older route.

Origin
English
Root
vote
English cognates
vote, vow, votive

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralvotes

Examples

.

The vote will take place next Sunday.

.

His vote made all the difference.

.

The proposal was adopted by a show of hands.

surpris .

The youth vote surprised everybody.

débat, au .

After three hours of debate, we moved to the vote.

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This word is part of lesson 30.