English Explanatory Dictionary

roll call

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent.
  2. Such an event in a legislative body in order to determine if a quorum exists.
  3. The time of day fixed for such an event.
  4. The subset of those members of a specific group who are present or available out of the full set of all the members of said group.
verb
  1. To read aloud from a list of names, in order to determine who is present or absent.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-roll call.wav

Word forms

roll call roll calls rollcall roll-call roll calling roll called

Translations

Arabic: تَفَقُّدٌ Arabic: تَفَقُّدات Chinese Mandarin: 點名 /点名 Czech: nástup Czech: prezence Czech: apel Czech: docházka Danish: navneopråb Danish: appel Danish: mønstring Dutch: appel Dutch: naamafroeping Finnish: nimenhuuto French: appel French: appel nominal German: Appell Greek: προσκλητήριο Hebrew: מפקד Hebrew: מִפְקָד Hungarian: névsorolvasás Irish: glaoch rolla Italian: appello Macedonian: прозив Polish: apel Portuguese: chamada Romani: prezenta Romanian: prezenta Russian: перекли́чка Russian: сбор Spanish: pase de lista Spanish: pasada de nómina Spanish: pasamiento de planilla Spanish: tomadura de nómina Spanish: tomamiento de planilla Swedish: upprop Turkish: yoklama Ukrainian: перекличка Ukrainian: переклик
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