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suffrage

Pronunciation: /sy.fʁaʒ/

“suffrage” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. suffrage (right to vote)
  2. vote (a cast ballot)
  3. suffrage (prayer)

In French

  1. Déclaration favorable qu’on donne soit de vive voix, soit par écrit ou autrement, à l’occasion d’une élection, d’une délibération.
  2. Droit de vote.
  3. Approbation.
  4. Prière de l'Église militante ou des saints du Paradis pour les vivants et les âmes du purgatoire.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”).

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