elektor

See also: Elektor

Ido

Verb

elektor

  1. future infinitive of elektar

Polish

elektorzy sense 3
elektorzy sense 4

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlēctor.[1] First attested in 1564.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛˈlɛk.tɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛktɔr
  • Syllabification: e‧lek‧tor

Noun

elektor m pers (related adjective elektorski)

  1. (politics) elector, constituent, voter (person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate)
    Synonym: wyborca
  2. (politics) elector (member of an electoral college)
    1. (US politics) elector (official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States)
  3. (feudalism, German politics, historical) Elector, prince-elector (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire)
    Synonym: kurfirst
    Hypernym: władca
  4. (Roman Catholicism) member of the College of Cardinals
    Hypernym: kardynał

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • elektorówna
  • elektorstwo
adjectives
  • elekcyjny
  • elektoralny
adverbs
  • elekcyjnie
nouns

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “elektor”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “elektor”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin elector.

Noun

elektor c

  1. elector (person chosen to vote on behalf of others)

Usage notes

Most commonly used to describe members of the United States Electoral College.

Declension

Declension of elektor
nominative genitive
singular indefinite elektor elektors
definite elektorn elektorns
plural indefinite elektorer elektorers
definite elektorerna elektorernas

Derived terms

Further reading