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/
  • (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

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