🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

votazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /votaˈtsjone/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ballot/ˈbæl.ət/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La votazione si è conclusa con un grande successo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A process of voting, in writing or by using a ballot box, especially in secret.

    "The union decided to hold a secret ballot on the new contract offer."
As verb
  1. 1

    To vote or decide something by casting ballots.

    "The committee will ballot on the proposed policy changes tomorrow."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Italian ballotta, meaning a small ball used in secret voting, which is a diminutive of balla meaning ball. The term entered English in the mid-16th century via French, evolving from the physical act of dropping colored balls into a container to the modern generalized concept of casting a vote.

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