Kilby applied Emmet's theory to his investigation of the referendum held in Greece in 1948.
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Referendum
//ˌɹɛfəˈɹɛndəm//
Synonyms for "referendum" (85 found)
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Related words (42)
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9 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 70 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Arabic
2 entries- اِسْتِفْتاء noun (direct popular vote)
- اِسْتِفْتاء noun (direct popular vote)
Armenian
2 entries- հանրաքվե noun (direct popular vote)
- ռեֆերենդում noun (direct popular vote)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
- ümumi rəy sorğusu noun (direct popular vote)
- ümumxalq sorğu noun (direct popular vote)
Belarusian
1 entries- рэферэ́ндум noun (direct popular vote)
Bulgarian
1 entries- рефере́ндум noun (direct popular vote)
Burmese
2 entries- ဆန္ဒခံယူခြင်း noun (direct popular vote)
- ဆန္ဒခံယူပွဲ noun (direct popular vote)
Catalan
1 entries- referèndum noun (direct popular vote)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 公投 noun (direct popular vote)
- 公民投票 noun (direct popular vote)
Cornish
1 entries- gwerinvotyans noun (direct popular vote)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Czech
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Danish
1 entries- folkeafstemning noun (direct popular vote)
Dutch
2 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
- volksraadpleging noun (direct popular vote)
Esperanto
1 entries- referendumo noun (direct popular vote)
Estonian
3 entries- rahvahääletus noun (direct popular vote)
- rahvaküsitlus noun (direct popular vote)
- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Faroese
1 entries- fólkaatkvøða noun (direct popular vote)
Finnish
2 entries- kansanäänestys noun (direct popular vote)
- luottamuslauseäänestys noun (action perceived as passing judgment)
French
1 entries- référendum noun (direct popular vote)
Galician
1 entries- referendo noun (direct popular vote)
Georgian
1 entries- რეფერენდუმი noun (direct popular vote)
German
2 entries- Referendum noun (direct popular vote)
- Volksabstimmung noun (direct popular vote)
Greek
1 entries- δημοψήφισμα noun (direct popular vote)
Hebrew
1 entries- מִשְׁאַל עַם noun (direct popular vote)
Hindi
3 entries- जनमत-संग्रह noun (direct popular vote)
- मत-संग्रह noun (direct popular vote)
- रेफ़रेंडम noun (direct popular vote)
Hungarian
3 entries- népszavazás noun (direct popular vote)
- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
- szavazás noun (direct popular vote)
Icelandic
2 entries- þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla noun (direct popular vote)
- þjóðaratkvæði noun (direct popular vote)
Indonesian
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- رِفْرانْدوم noun (direct popular vote)
- هَمِهپُرْسی noun (direct popular vote)
Irish
1 entries- reifreann noun (direct popular vote)
Italian
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Japanese
2 entries- 住民投票 noun (direct popular vote)
- 国民投票 noun (direct popular vote)
Kazakh
1 entries- референдум noun (direct popular vote)
Khmer
1 entries- ប្រជាមតិ noun (direct popular vote)
Korean
1 entries- 국민투표 noun (direct popular vote)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- референдум noun (direct popular vote)
Lao
1 entries- ປະຊາມະຕິ noun (direct popular vote)
Latvian
1 entries- referendums noun (direct popular vote)
Lithuanian
1 entries- referendumas noun (direct popular vote)
Macedonian
1 entries- рефере́ндум noun (direct popular vote)
Malay
2 entries- pungutan suara noun (direct popular vote)
- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Mongolian
2 entries- бүх нийтийн санал хураалт noun (direct popular vote)
- референдум noun (direct popular vote)
Māori
2 entries- pōtitake noun (direct popular vote)
- tāpaetanga pōti noun (direct popular vote)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- referandûm noun (direct popular vote)
Northern Sami
1 entries- álbmotjienasteapmi noun (direct popular vote)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- folkeavstemning noun (direct popular vote)
- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
- uravstemning noun (direct popular vote)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- folkerøysting noun (direct popular vote)
- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Pashto
3 entries- رفرنډم noun (direct popular vote)
- رېفرانډم noun (direct popular vote)
- ټولپوښتنه noun (direct popular vote)
Polish
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Portuguese
2 entries- plebiscito noun (direct popular vote)
- referendo noun (direct popular vote)
Romanian
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Russian
2 entries- рефере́ндум noun (direct popular vote)
- рефере́ндум noun (action perceived as passing judgment)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- reifreann noun (direct popular vote)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- referèndum noun (direct popular vote)
- реферѐндум noun (direct popular vote)
Slovak
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Slovene
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Spanish
3 entries- plebiscito noun (direct popular vote)
- referendo noun (direct popular vote)
- referéndum noun (direct popular vote)
Swedish
1 entries- folkomröstning noun (direct popular vote)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagtutukoy noun (direct popular vote)
- reperendum noun (direct popular vote)
Tajik
2 entries- раъйпурсӣ noun (direct popular vote)
- референдум noun (direct popular vote)
Thai
1 entries- ประชามติ noun (direct popular vote)
Turkish
2 entries- halk oylaması noun (direct popular vote)
- referandum noun (direct popular vote)
Turkmen
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Ukrainian
1 entries- рефере́ндум noun (direct popular vote)
Urdu
1 entries- رِیفْرینْڈَم noun (direct popular vote)
Uyghur
1 entries- رېفېراندۇم noun (direct popular vote)
Uzbek
1 entries- referendum noun (direct popular vote)
Vietnamese
2 entries- trưng cầu dân ý noun (direct popular vote)
- trưng cầu ý dân noun (direct popular vote)
Welsh
1 entries- refferendwm noun (direct popular vote)
Yiddish
1 entries- רעפֿערענדום noun (direct popular vote)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
The government put the question to the people in a referendum.
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In any case, you need to vote "yes" in the February 18th referendum.
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Greece cancels the referendum.
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