suffrage

suf·frage  (sfrj)

n.

1.

a. The right or privilege of voting; franchise.

b. The exercise of such a right.

2. A vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office.

3. A short intercessory prayer.

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[Middle English, intercessory prayer, from Old French, from Medieval Latin suffrgium, from Latin, the right to vote, from suffrgr, to express support; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

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suffrage

Noun

the right to vote in public elections [Latin suffragium]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

suffrage - a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" right to vote, vote universal suffrage - suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country enfranchisement, franchise - a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

Translations

suffrage [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ] n → sufragio

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suffrage [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ] n → suffrage m; droit m de suffrage or de vote

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suffrage [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ] n → Wahlrecht nt

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suffrage [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ] n → suffragio