plebiscite

plebiscite

See also: plébiscite, plébiscité, and plebiscité

English

Etymology

From Middle French plébiscite, from Latin plebs, plebis (“the common people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛbɨsaɪt/

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• (also UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛbɨsɪt/

Noun

plebiscite (plural plebiscites)

1. A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty

Translations

A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty

Chinese: Mandarin: 公民投票 (zh) (gōngmín tóupiào), 公投 (zh) (gōngtóu) Czech: plebiscit (cs) m Danish: folkeafstemning (da) c Dutch: referendum (nl), plebisciet (nl) Faroese: fólkaatkvøða f Finnish: kansanäänestys (fi) French: plébiscite (fr) m German: Plebiszit (de) n, Volksabstimmung (de) f Greek: δημοψήφισμα (el) n (dimopsífisma) Hebrew: משאל עם‎ (he) m (mish'ál 'ám) Icelandic: þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla f, þjóðaratkvæði n Irish: pobalbhreith f Japanese: 国民投票 (こくみんとうひょう, kokumin-tōhyō) Kapampangan: plebisitu Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پرسیاری مللی‎ (pirsyarî mllî) Persian: نظرخواهی‎ (fa) (nazar-xâhi) Polish: plebiscyt (pl) m Portuguese: plebiscito (pt) m Russian: плебисци́т (ru) m (plebiscít), рефере́ндум (ru) m (referéndum) Spanish: plebiscito m Swedish: folkomröstning (sv) Tagalog: plebisito Thai: ประชามติ (th) (bprà-chaa-má-dtì)

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Verb

plebiscite

1. inflection of plebiscitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative