e·lec·tor·al

(ĭ-lĕk′tər-əl, -lĕk-tôr′-)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or composed of electors.

2. Of or relating to an election or elections.

e·lec′tor·al·ly adv.

Usage Note: Traditionally, electoral is pronounced with stress on the second syllable, sharing the same pattern as the word electrical. A newer pronunciation has recently emerged, one with the stress on the third syllable, rhyming roughly with floral. (A similar shift has been occurring in the pronunciation of the word doctoral.) In 2013, the Usage Panel substantially favored the traditional pronunciation: 95 percent found it acceptable, and 76 percent preferred it. Only 31 percent found the variant with the stress on the second syllable acceptable, and 24 percent preferred it. If you pronounce electoral with stress on the third syllable, you'll be in good company, but you should know that many people may think you're making a pronunciation error.

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Translations

εκλογικά

électoralement

electorally

[ɪˈlektərəlɪ] ADV [popular, damaging, disastrous] → desde el punto de vista electoral; [compete, succeed] (gen) → electoralmente; (in specific election) → en las elecciones

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

electorally

[ɪˈlɛktərəli] adv [disastrous, advantageous] → sur le plan électoralelectoral register n → liste f électorale
to be on the electoral register [name, person] → être sur la liste électoraleelectoral roll n (British) → liste f électorale

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

electorally

adv (= in the election) → bei der Wahl; (= with the electorate) → bei den Wählern

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If he hadn't, then he, otherwise a man of virtue, could not have remained electorally competitive.

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