Vote in Different Languages
Discover 'Vote' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Vote
Afrikaans stem | ||
Albanian votoj | ||
Amharic ድምጽ መስጠት | ||
Arabic تصويت | ||
Armenian քվեարկել | ||
Assamese ভোট দিয়ক | ||
Aymara voto uñt’ayaña | ||
Azerbaijani səs verin | ||
Bambara wote kɛ | ||
Basque bozkatu | ||
Belarusian галасаваць | ||
Bengali ভোট | ||
Bhojpuri वोट दे दीं | ||
Bosnian glasajte | ||
Bulgarian гласувайте | ||
Catalan votar | ||
Cebuano pagboto | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 投票 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 投票 | ||
Corsican vutà | ||
Croatian glasanje | ||
Czech hlasování | ||
Danish stemme | ||
Dhivehi ވޯޓް | ||
Dogri वोट दे | ||
Dutch stemmen | ||
English vote | ||
Esperanto voĉdoni | ||
Estonian hääletama | ||
Ewe akɔdada | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) bumoto | ||
Finnish äänestys | ||
French voter | ||
Frisian stim | ||
Galician vota | ||
Georgian ხმა | ||
German abstimmung | ||
Greek ψήφος | ||
Guarani voto rehegua | ||
Gujarati મત | ||
Haitian Creole vote | ||
Hausa jefa kuri'a | ||
Hawaiian balota | ||
Hebrew הַצבָּעָה | ||
Hindi वोट | ||
Hmong pov ntawv | ||
Hungarian szavazás | ||
Icelandic kjósa | ||
Igbo votu | ||
Ilocano butos | ||
Indonesian pilih | ||
Irish vótáil | ||
Italian votazione | ||
Japanese 投票 | ||
Javanese milih | ||
Kannada ಮತ | ||
Kazakh дауыс | ||
Khmer បោះឆ្នោត | ||
Kinyarwanda gutora | ||
Konkani मतदान करचें | ||
Korean 투표 | ||
Krio vot fɔ vot | ||
Kurdish deng | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دهنگدان | ||
Kyrgyz добуш берүү | ||
Lao ລົງຄະແນນສຽງ | ||
Latin suffragium | ||
Latvian balsojums | ||
Lingala vote | ||
Lithuanian balsas | ||
Luganda akalulu | ||
Luxembourgish ofstëmmen | ||
Macedonian гласаат | ||
Maithili वोट करू | ||
Malagasy fifidianana | ||
Malay mengundi | ||
Malayalam വോട്ട് ചെയ്യുക | ||
Maltese ivvota | ||
Maori pooti | ||
Marathi मत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯚꯣꯠ ꯊꯥꯗꯕꯥ ꯌꯥꯏ꯫ | ||
Mizo vote thlak a ni | ||
Mongolian санал өгөх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မဲ | ||
Nepali भोट | ||
Norwegian stemme | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuvota | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭୋଟ୍ | ||
Oromo sagalee kennuu | ||
Pashto رایه | ||
Persian رای | ||
Polish głosować | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) voto | ||
Punjabi ਵੋਟ | ||
Quechua voto nisqa | ||
Romanian vot | ||
Russian голос | ||
Samoan palota | ||
Sanskrit मतदाता | ||
Scots Gaelic bhòt | ||
Sepedi vouta | ||
Serbian гласати | ||
Sesotho vouta | ||
Shona vhota | ||
Sindhi ووٽ ڏيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඡන්දය දෙන්න | ||
Slovak hlasovať | ||
Slovenian glasovati | ||
Somali codee | ||
Spanish votar | ||
Sundanese sora | ||
Swahili kupiga kura | ||
Swedish rösta | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) bumoto | ||
Tajik овоз додан | ||
Tamil வாக்களியுங்கள் | ||
Tatar тавыш бирү | ||
Telugu ఓటు | ||
Thai โหวต | ||
Tigrinya ድምጺ ምሃብ | ||
Tsonga vhota | ||
Turkish oy | ||
Turkmen ses ber | ||
Twi (Akan) abatow | ||
Ukrainian голосувати | ||
Urdu ووٹ | ||
Uyghur بېلەت تاشلاش | ||
Uzbek ovoz berish | ||
Vietnamese bỏ phiếu | ||
Welsh pleidleisio | ||
Xhosa ukuvota | ||
Yiddish שטימען | ||
Yoruba dibo | ||
Zulu ukuvota |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Stem" (vote) in Afrikaans comes from the word "stemmen", meaning "to vote" in Dutch. |
| Albanian | The word "votoj" is derived from the Proto-Albanian word "vot" meaning "will", "desire", or "opinion" |
| Amharic | The word "ድምጽ መስጠት" can also mean "to express an opinion" or "to make a decision." |
| Arabic | The word 'تصويت' can also mean ‘applause’ or ‘approval’ in Arabic. |
| Armenian | Etymology: Derived from Middle Armenian քվէ (vote). Also means 'decide,' 'determine,' or 'resolve'. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "səs verin" (vote) in Azerbaijani is derived from two words: "səs" (voice) and "verin" (give). "Səs" comes from the Proto-Turkic word "ses-" (voice), while "verin" comes from the Persian word "dādan" (to give). |
| Basque | Bozku may be related to "bogotu" (swollen), implying the sense of a swelling caused by an accumulation of opinion. |
| Bengali | ভোট derives from the Sanskrit word bhāga meaning division or share, and in Vedic times denoted the right to a share in the sacrifice. |
| Bosnian | "Glas" is a Slavic root meaning "voice" and also appears in other Slavic languages such as Russian, Polish and Czech |
| Bulgarian | The verb "гласувайте" comes from the noun "глас" meaning "voice", indicating that voting is an expression of one's voice. |
| Catalan | Catalan "votar" originates from the Latin verb "votare" meaning to "make a solemn promise". |
| Cebuano | "Pagboto" also refers to the act or process of registering or enrolling to vote, not just casting votes. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 投票 is a compound of two Chinese characters, 投 (t'ou) meaning 'to cast' and 票 (p'iao) meaning 'a ballot'. Voting in traditional East Asia was a process where voters physically deposited a ballot in a box, as opposed to writing or punching out their choice from a piece of paper, which is the origin of the word 'ballot'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "投票" literally means "to cast a slip". |
| Corsican | Corsican "vutà" is a variant of the Italian word "voto" (meaning "vow" or "promise"), and it is used in both a religious and a secular context. |
| Croatian | The Slavic term 'glas' means both 'sound' and 'election', which is reflected in words meaning 'vote' like 'glasanje' and 'glasobranie'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "hlasování" derives from the verb "hlasovat," meaning "to speak out," and is also used to refer to the act of voicing one's opinion or casting a ballot. |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "stemme" can also refer to a plant's stalk, a person's voice or the prow of a ship. |
| Dutch | The word "stemmen" in Dutch can also mean "to stem" in English, referring to stopping the flow of a liquid. |
| Estonian | Hääletama derives from the word "hääl" meaning "voice". |
| Finnish | Äänestys also means "sound" because the vote was traditionally voiced aloud rather than written down. |
| French | The French word "voter" comes from the Latin word "votum", meaning "a vow" or "a wish." |
| Frisian | Frisian "stim" also means "mood", suggesting a link between political views and emotions. |
| Galician | The Galician word "vota" can also mean "vote". |
| Georgian | The word "ხმა" (vote) in Georgian also means "voice" or "sound". |
| German | "Abstimmung" in German can also refer to the act of tuning or adjusting an instrument. |
| Greek | "Ψήφος" also refers to small stones in Greek, which used to be used in casting lots. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "મત" (vote) derives from Sanskrit and also means "opinion" or "viewpoint." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "vote" also means "wish" or "desire". |
| Hausa | The word 'jefa kuri'a' is derived from the Hausa phrase 'jefa hannu' meaning 'give hand', which also signifies agreement or support. |
| Hawaiian | The word "balota" in Hawaiian originates from the Spanish word "balota," meaning "small ballot." |
| Hebrew | The word הַצבָּעָה (vote) originates from the Hebrew word הַצבָּע (dyer), denoting the act of marking something with color to indicate a choice, analogous to using an ink pen for voting ballots. |
| Hindi | The word "वोट" is derived from the Sanskrit word "वृत्त" (vr̥tta), meaning "round" or "circle", referring to the shape of the ballot papers used in ancient India. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "pov ntawv" means "vote" but can also mean "to choose" or "to select". |
| Icelandic | Kjosa also means "to choose" but it primarily refers to selecting a leader for a group. |
| Igbo | Igbo 'votu' derives from 'ivo otu' meaning 'speech or opinion of the people'. |
| Indonesian | The word "Pilih" also means "to choose" or "to select" in Indonesian, reflecting the broader concept of voting as a choice-making process. |
| Irish | The Irish word "vótáil" comes from the same root as the English word "vote", but it also has the meaning of "opinion" or "choice". |
| Italian | The Italian word 'votazione' is derived from the Latin word 'votare', meaning 'to promise', suggesting the binding nature of a vote. |
| Japanese | 投票 is also used in Japanese to mean "to throw a ballot" as in a lottery or to decide on a winner of a game. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word |
| Kannada | In Kannada, 'ಮತ' (matha) not only means 'vote,' but also refers to 'opinion,' 'belief,' or 'doctrine,' emphasizing the underlying concepts and values driving the act of voting. |
| Kazakh | The word "дауыс" in Kazakh originates from the Mongolian word "dauri" meaning "sound" or "voice". It can also refer to the act of speaking or expressing an opinion. |
| Korean | The Korean word for "vote" (투표) derives from the Chinese characters "投" (meaning "cast" or "submit") and "票" (meaning "ballot"). |
| Kurdish | Historically Deng referred to the written record of a decision within Kurdish tribal assemblies |
| Latin | The word "suffragium" in Latin originally referred to any request or petition, not just a vote. |
| Latvian | The word "balsojums" is also related to "balss" (voice), suggesting its deep connection to public opinion. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "balsas" has its origin in the Proto-Indo-European root "bhel-", meaning "to shine" and was originally used to refer to the shining of swords in battle. |
| Luxembourgish | Etymology uncertain, but might be related to "stemmen" (to stamp). |
| Macedonian | The word гласаат (glasaat) is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word гласъ (glasŭ), meaning "voice" or "sound". In Macedonian, it is also used to refer to the act of expressing one's opinion or casting one's ballot in an election. |
| Malagasy | The word "fifidianana" is derived from the word "fidy", meaning "opinion" or "belief". |
| Malay | The word "mengundi" is derived from the Arabic word "qada", meaning "fate" or "destiny". This is because in Malay culture, voting is seen as a way to determine one's fate or destiny. |
| Malayalam | The word "വോട്ട് ചെയ്യുക" is derived from the English word "vote", which originally meant "a wish or desire" and was used in the context of expressing one's opinion or preference. |
| Maltese | The word 'ivvota' in Maltese has its roots in the Catalan word 'votar', meaning 'to vote'. |
| Maori | The word "pooti" can also mean "to choose" or "to select" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "मत" (vote) also means "opinion" or "judgment". |
| Mongolian | The word "санал өгөх" can also mean "to express one's opinion" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "မဲ" also means "ball" or "seed" in Myanmar (Burmese). |
| Nepali | This term is also applied in Nepali language to a religious donation to brahmans, which has its own etymological history. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, the word "stemme" also refers to the musical definition of "voice," indicating the origin of voting as a collective decision-making process based on individual expressions. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "kuvota" also means to collect or gather things. |
| Pashto | The Pashto "رایه" also means "opinion", showing the close relationship between democracy and discourse in Pashto-speaking cultures. |
| Persian | "رأی" originally referred to an opinion that could be either religious or secular. |
| Polish | The word 'głosować' is derived from the Old Polish word 'głos', meaning 'voice' or 'sound'. It can also refer to the act of casting a ballot or expressing an opinion. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "voto" comes from the Latin word "votum", which means "wish, vow, or promise". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word 'ਵੋਟ' is also used in the context of 'preference' or 'opinion'. |
| Romanian | The word "vot" also means "willow" in Romanian, a reference to the rods once used to cast ballots. |
| Russian | "Голос" is a false cognate for "голос" (voice) and is derived from "голос" (head) |
| Samoan | The word 'palota' in Samoan may also mean 'choice' or 'opinion'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "bhòt" in Scots Gaelic originally meant "a wish", and is cognate with the Irish word "buíochán" meaning "desire" or "thanks". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "гласати" (glasati) is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb "*golsovati", meaning "to speak". This reflects a historical connection between voting and oral communication in Slavic societies, with members speaking their support for a particular candidate or measure. |
| Sesotho | The word "vouta" in Sesotho comes from the Zulu word "vutha", meaning "to lift up" or "to raise". |
| Shona | "Vhota" also means "to elect" or "to choose" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "ووٽ ڏيو" in Sindhi can also mean "to make a choice" or "to express one's opinion." |
| Slovak | The verb "hlasovať" is cognate with the Polish word "głosować" and the Czech word "hlasovat", all derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*golso" meaning "sound" or "voice". |
| Slovenian | "Glasovati" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*goldsъ", which meant "voice" or "speech". |
| Somali | Somali word "codee" has the origin "code" in Italian, where it means "pig intestine", because they were used in the past to produce ropes that were used to tie documents together to mark them as important. |
| Spanish | The word "votar" in Spanish originally meant "to pledge" or "to swear an oath. |
| Sundanese | "Sora" also means "opinion" or "decision" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "kupiga kura", meaning "to vote", derives from the verb "kupiga", meaning "to strike" or "to hit", and the noun "kura", meaning "stone" or "pebble." |
| Swedish | The word "rösta" is derived from the Old Norse word "raustr", meaning "councilor" or "chief speaker". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'bumoto' shares its root with 'boto,' which refers to the small pebble or ball traditionally used as a counting or polling device during elections. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "овоз додан" is derived from Persian and means "voice given". |
| Telugu | The word "ఓటు" is also used in Telugu to describe a type of religious offering made to a deity. |
| Thai | The Thai word "โหวต" also means "to express an opinion or preference" or "to raise one's hand in support of something." |
| Turkish | The word "oy" in Turkish is cognate with the word "vote" in English and has the same Proto-Indo-European root, "*ueik-." |
| Ukrainian | It comes from the Old Slavic root *golsovati, meaning to speak. |
| Urdu | The word ووٹ derives from the English word |
| Uzbek | Ovoz berish (vote) originates from the Uzbek word "ovoz" (voice), reflecting the active and vocal participation of citizens in the democratic process. |
| Vietnamese | "Bỏ phiếu" in Vietnamese is derived from the Chinese word "表决" (biǎojué), meaning "to express one's opinion or cast a ballot"} |
| Welsh | The word 'pleidleisio' is derived from the Latin word 'plebiscitum', meaning 'a decree of the people'. It also has the alternate meaning of 'a proposal' or 'a suggestion'. |
| Xhosa | The word "ukuvota" is derived from the verb "ukuvotela," meaning "to choose or select." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שטימען" (shtime'n) is related to the German word "Stimme" (voice) and the Latin word "status" (position). |
| Yoruba | The word "dibo" in Yoruba, though traditionally meaning "vote", can also be interpreted as "to choose" or "to select". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'ukuvota' also means 'to choose' or 'to decide'. |
| English | The word "vote" derives from the Latin "votum", meaning "wish" or "prayer" |