suffrage
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *upó
Proto-Italic *supo
Latin sub
Latin sub-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.?
Latin suffrāgō
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor.
Old French suffrage
Middle French suffragebor.
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Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor.
Middle English suffrage
English suffrage
From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”).
The sense of "vote" or "right to vote" was directly derived from Classical Latin.
Inflected forms:
form: suffrages
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: universal suffrage, women's suffrage, negro suffrage
The issues to be presented to the people of the state were black suffrage and woman suffrage. The Equal Rights Association committed all its limited resources to the Kansas campaign.
gloss: The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
pos: noun
tags: US
uncountable
usually
examples: What role did the House of Commons play in the political life of the nation in the aftermath of suffrage? There is surprisingly little historiography to help answer the question.
gloss: A vote in deciding a particular question.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: But the President himself says that " upon him has been devolved, by the constitution, and the suffrages of the American people, the duty of superintending the operation of the executive departments of the Government,
Hence, by rendering the suffrages secret in the Roman republic, all was lost; it was no longer possible to direct a populace that sought its own destruction
gloss: A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: 1564, Pope Pius IV (unknown translator), Creed of Pope Pius IV
I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
As these holy prayers and suffrages following are set forth of most godly zeal for edifying and stirring of devotion of all true faithful Christian hearts […]
In explaining and defending suffrages for the dead, Catholic argument repeatedly involved the assumption of the importance of time.
gloss: A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
examples: Lastly, in this suffrage, we intercede for prisoners and captives; we "remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them."
gloss: Aid, intercession.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Retoricyons and oratours, in freſhe humanyte
Support parrot, I pray you wᵗ your ſuffrage ornate
Of confuſe tantum, auoydynge the chekmate
gloss: Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Lactantius and St. Austin are not afraid to confirm by their suffrage the observation made by the heathen writers, that[…]
Every miracle is the suffrage of heaven to the truth of a doctrine.
A careful toilette is a perpetual flattery—it shows that you desire to please, and people like that; for we all attach an undue value to our own suffrage.
Synonyms: franchise
vote
Related words: suffragist
suffragette
Derived words: active suffrage
antisuffrage
antisuffragism
manhood suffrage
nonsuffrage
presuffrage
suffraged
suffragent
suffrager
suffragism
suffragitis
universal suffrage
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: ձայնի իրավունք
roman: jayni iravunkʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: seçki hüququ
lang: Bengali
word: ভোটাধিকার
roman: bhōṭadhikar
lang: Bulgarian
word: избирателно право
roman: izbiratelno pravo
lang: Catalan
word: sufragi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 選舉權 /选举权
roman: xuǎnjǔquán
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 投票權 /投票权
roman: tóupiàoquán
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: saylav aqqı
lang: Czech
word: volební právo
lang: Danish
word: stemmeret
lang: Danish
word: valgret
lang: Dutch
word: kiesrecht
lang: Dutch
word: stemrecht
lang: Finnish
word: äänioikeus
lang: French
word: suffrage
lang: Galician
word: sufraxio
lang: German
word: Stimmrecht
lang: German
word: Wahlrecht
lang: Greek
word: δικαίωμα ψήφου
roman: dikaíoma psífou
lang: Hungarian
word: választójog
lang: Icelandic
word: atkvæðisréttur
lang: Icelandic
word: kosningaréttur
lang: Indonesian
word: hak pilih
lang: Indonesian
word: hak suara
lang: Italian
word: suffragio
lang: Japanese
word: 選挙権
roman: senkyoken
lang: Kalmyk
word: суңһврин зөв
roman: suñğvrin zöv
lang: Korean
word: 선거권
roman: seon'geogwon
lang: Macedonian
word: право на глас
roman: pravo na glas
lang: Malay
word: hak undi
lang: Malay
word: hak pilih
lang: Māori
word: manapōti
lang: Norwegian
word: stemmerett
lang: Polish
word: prawo wybierania
lang: Polish
word: czynne prawo wyborcze
lang: Polish
word: prawo do głosowania
lang: Portuguese
word: sufrágio
lang: Romanian
word: sufragiu
lang: Russian
word: избира́тельное пра́во
roman: izbirátelʹnoje právo
lang: Russian
word: пра́во го́лоса
roman: právo gólosa
lang: Spanish
word: sufragio
lang: Swedish
word: rösträtt
lang: Tamil
word: ஓட்டுரிமை
roman: ōṭṭurimai
lang: Tamil
word: வாக்குரிமை
roman: vākkurimai
lang: Turkish
word: oy hakkı
lang: Turkish
word: süfraj