elect

Etymology
Borrowed from, past participle of , from + ; see.

Cognate to, which is via 🇨🇬 rather than 🇨🇬, hence prefix , rather than (from ).

Noun

 * 1) One chosen or set apart.
 * 2)  In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * French: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Serbo-Croatian: izabranik, izabranica


 * French: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Serbo-Croatian: izabranik, izabranica

Verb

 * 1)  To choose or make a decision (to do something)
 * 2)  To choose (a candidate) in an election

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: aleg
 * Bulgarian: решавам, спирам се на
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: elekti
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: решава, реши
 * Manx: reih, teih
 * Old English: ceosan
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tagh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Arabic: اِنْتَخَبَ
 * Egyptian Arabic: انتخب
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: aleg
 * Belarusian: абіра́ць, абра́ць, выбіра́ць, вы́браць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 選
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: elekti
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: ἀρχαιρεσίαζω, αἱρέω, χειροτονέω, προχειρίζω
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: togh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: បោះឆ្នោត
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ເລືອກຕັ້ງ
 * Latin: ēligō, dīligō,
 * Macedonian: изгласува, изгласа
 * Manx: reih, teih
 * Maori:
 * Norman: êlithe
 * Northern Thai: ᩃᩮᩥᩬᨠᨲᩢ᩠᩶ᨦ
 * Oromo: filuu
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ; ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tagh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, обра́ти, вибира́ти, ви́брати
 * Vietnamese:, ,

Adjective

 * 1)  Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
 * He is the President elect.
 * 1) Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
 * 1) Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.

Usage notes
When denoting someone who has been elected but not yet entered office, the title is usually hyphenated (e.g., senator-elect, representative-elect, mayor-elect, etc.). The plural forms are created by pluralizing the office (e.g. presidents-elect, senators-elect, representatives-elect, mayors-elect, etc.).

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: valgt, udvalgt
 * Finnish: vastavalittu,
 * French:
 * Galician: electo
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Macedonian: избран
 * Norwegian: valgt
 * Norwegian Bokmål: valgt
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: valt
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: אױסגעקליבן