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voter

to vote

verb voh-TEH Less Common
People & Society Politics

Usage Note

voter is used both intransitively (voter aux élections = 'to vote in elections') and transitively (voter une loi = 'to pass a law'). The noun le vote and le scrutin both cover voting/ballot, but le vote is more everyday. Le droit de vote is the right to vote.

Examples

"Tous les citoyens ont voté hier."

Natural Translation

All the citizens voted yesterday.

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