ballotとは

語源

Borrowed from Italian balota (廃れた用法), ballotta (“small ball, especially one used to register a vote”), from balla (“bale, bundle”) + -otta (“suffix forming diminutive nouns”); or from Middle French balote (廃れた用法), ballotte (“small ball used to register a vote”) (also compare Middle French balotiage, French ballottage (“second ballot, runoff”)).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbalət/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbælət/
• ハイフネーション: bal‧lot

名詞

ballot (複数形 ballots)

1. Originally, a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote; now, by extension, a piece of paper or card used for this purpose, or some other means used to signify a vote.
2. The process of voting, especially in secret; a round of voting.
   • Charles Dickens

     the insufficiency of the ballot

3. The total of all the votes cast in an election.
4. (chiefly US) A list of candidates running for office; a ticket.

同意語

• (paper または card used to cast a vote): ballot paper, voting slip

派生語

• ballot box
• butterfly ballot

動詞

ballot (三人称単数 現在形 ballots, 現在分詞 balloting, 過去形および過去分詞形 balloted)

1. To vote or decide by ballot.

   to ballot for a candidate

2. To draw lots.

参考

• blackballing (also derived from the old practice of using balls to vote)

Further reading

• ballot on Wikipedia.