suffrage

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”). The sense of "vote" or "right to vote" was directly derived from Classical Latin. === Pronunciation === (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/ Hyphenation: suf‧frage === Noun === suffrage (usually uncountable, plural suffrages) (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election. (US) The right of women to vote. (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question. (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead. 1564, Pope Pius IV (unknown translator), Creed of Pope Pius IV I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (uncountable) Aid, intercession. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:suffrage. ==== Synonyms ==== (right to vote): franchise, vote ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== suffragist suffragette ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === gauffers, gauffres, ruffages == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sy.fʁaʒ/ === Noun === suffrage m (plural suffrages) suffrage (right to vote) Synonym: droit de vote suffrage (prayer) ==== Derived terms ==== suffrage restreint suffrage universel ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: sufragiu === Further reading === “suffrage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012