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Webster 1913 Edition

Plebiscite

Pleb′i-scite

,

Noun.

[F.

plébiscite

, fr. L.

plebiscitum

.]

A vote by universal male suffrage; especially, in France, a popular vote, as first sanctioned by the National Constitution of 1791.

[Written also

plebiscit

.]

Plebiscite

we have lately taken, in popular use, from the French.

Fitzed. Hall.

Definition 2024

plebiscite

plebiscite

See also: plébiscite, plébiscité, and plebiscité

English

Noun

plebiscite ‎(plural plebiscites)

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
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)
Kurdish:
Sorani: پرسیاری مللی
Persian: نظرخواهی (fa) ‎(nazar-xâhi)
Portuguese: plebiscito (pt) m
Russian: плебисци́т (ru) m ‎(plebiscít), рефере́ндум (ru) m ‎(referéndum)
Swedish: folkomröstning (sv)
Thai: ประชามติ ‎(pracha mati)

Spanish

Verb

plebiscite

First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of plebiscitar.
Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of plebiscitar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of plebiscitar.
Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of plebiscitar.