English Explanatory Dictionary

suffrage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
  2. The right of women to vote.
  3. A vote in deciding a particular question.
  4. A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
  5. A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
  6. Aid, intercession.
  7. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suffrage.wav

Word forms

suffrage suffrages

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor. Old French suffrage Middle French suffragebor. ▲ Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor. Middle English suffrage English suffrage From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”). The sense of "vote" or "right to vote" was directly derived from Classical Latin.

Synonyms

franchise vote

Related words

suffragist suffragette

Derived words

active suffrage antisuffrage antisuffragism manhood suffrage nonsuffrage presuffrage suffraged suffragent suffrager suffragism suffragitis universal suffrage

Translations

Armenian: ձայնի իրավունք Azerbaijani: seçki hüququ Bengali: ভোটাধিকার Bulgarian: избирателно право Catalan: sufragi Chinese Mandarin: 選舉權 /选举权 Chinese Mandarin: 投票權 /投票权 Crimean Tatar: saylav aqqı Czech: volební právo Danish: stemmeret Danish: valgret Dutch: kiesrecht Dutch: stemrecht Finnish: äänioikeus French: suffrage Galician: sufraxio German: Stimmrecht German: Wahlrecht Greek: δικαίωμα ψήφου Hungarian: választójog Icelandic: atkvæðisréttur Icelandic: kosningaréttur Indonesian: hak pilih Indonesian: hak suara Italian: suffragio Japanese: 選挙権 Kalmyk: суңһврин зөв Korean: 선거권 Macedonian: право на глас Malay: hak undi Malay: hak pilih Māori: manapōti Norwegian: stemmerett Polish: prawo wybierania Polish: czynne prawo wyborcze Polish: prawo do głosowania Portuguese: sufrágio Romanian: sufragiu Russian: избира́тельное пра́во Russian: пра́во го́лоса Spanish: sufragio Swedish: rösträtt Tamil: ஓட்டுரிமை Tamil: வாக்குரிமை Turkish: oy hakkı Turkish: süfraj
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