ballotとは

意味・読み方・使い方

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.
   • (Can we date this quote by Charles Dickens かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     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

• absentee ballot
• ballot box
• butterfly ballot
• postal 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.