voter

See also: votër and v́otĕr

English

Etymology

vote +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvəʊtə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvoʊtɚ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Noun

voter (plural voters)

  1. Someone who votes.
    • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times‎:
      The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.

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Bavarian

Alternative forms

Noun

voter

  1. (Sappada, Sauris) father

References

Cornish

Noun

voter m (plural votoryon)

  1. (male) voter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English vote.

Pronunciation

Verb

voter

  1. to vote
    Tu vas voter pour qui ?
    Who are you going to vote for?

Conjugation
Conjugation of voter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple voter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple votant
/vɔ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle voté
/vɔ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vote
/vɔt/		 votes
/vɔt/		 vote
/vɔt/		 votons
/vɔ.tɔ̃/		 votez
/vɔ.te/		 votent
/vɔt/
imperfect votais
/vɔ.tɛ/		 votais
/vɔ.tɛ/		 votait
/vɔ.tɛ/		 votions
/vɔ.tjɔ̃/		 votiez
/vɔ.tje/		 votaient
/vɔ.tɛ/
past historic2 votai
/vɔ.te/		 votas
/vɔ.ta/		 vota
/vɔ.ta/		 votâmes
/vɔ.tam/		 votâtes
/vɔ.tat/		 votèrent
/vɔ.tɛʁ/
future voterai
/vɔ.tʁe/		 voteras
/vɔ.tʁa/		 votera
/vɔ.tʁa/		 voterons
/vɔ.tʁɔ̃/		 voterez
/vɔ.tʁe/		 voteront
/vɔ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional voterais
/vɔ.tʁɛ/		 voterais
/vɔ.tʁɛ/		 voterait
/vɔ.tʁɛ/		 voterions
/vɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 voteriez
/vɔ.tə.ʁje/		 voteraient
/vɔ.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vote
/vɔt/		 votes
/vɔt/		 vote
/vɔt/		 votions
/vɔ.tjɔ̃/		 votiez
/vɔ.tje/		 votent
/vɔt/
imperfect2 votasse
/vɔ.tas/		 votasses
/vɔ.tas/		 votât
/vɔ.ta/		 votassions
/vɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 votassiez
/vɔ.ta.sje/		 votassent
/vɔ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vote
/vɔt/		 — votons
/vɔ.tɔ̃/		 votez
/vɔ.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English to vote.

Verb

voter (gerund vot'tie)

  1. (Jersey) to vote

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