balot

English

Noun

balot (plural balots)

1. Alternative form of balut

Anagrams

• Balto-, Blato, bloat

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tagalog balut.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lot
• IPA^(key): /baˈlot/ [baˈl̪ot]

Noun

balót

1. an Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lot
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʔlot/ [ˈbaʔ.l̪ot]

Noun

bâlot

1. alternation

Derived terms

• baro-balot

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• balut — nonstandard

Etymology

From Tagalog balut.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧lot

Noun

balot

1. an Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell

Indonesian

Etymology

From English ballot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balɔt̚/
• Hyphenation: ba‧lot

Noun

balot (plural balot-balot)

1. (government, politics) a vote in election.
2. (government, politics) ballot, a list of candidates running for office; a ticket.

Further reading

• “balot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.lɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alɔt
• Syllabification: ba‧lot

Noun

balot m inan

1. bale (rounded bundled goods)
2. bale (rounded bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation, ten reams)

   Synonyms: bal, bela

3. (historical) ballot (process of voting in secret by means of a small ball placed in a container to cast a vote or a piece of paper or card)

   Synonym: balotaż

Declension

Declension of balot

	singular	plural
nominative	balot	baloty
genitive	balotu	balotów
dative	balotowi	balotom
accusative	balot	baloty
instrumental	balotem	balotami
locative	balocie	balotach
vocative	balocie	baloty

Derived terms

(verb):

• balotować impf

Related terms

(noun):

• balotaż

Further reading

• balot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• balot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ballot.

Noun

balot n (plural baloturi)

1. bundle, package

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	balot	balotul		baloturi	baloturile
genitive-dative	balot	balotului		baloturi	baloturilor
vocative	balotule			baloturilor

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balut. Compare Malay balut.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbalot/ [ˈbaː.lot̪̚] (“wrapper; (act of) wrapping; package”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -alot
  • IPA^(key): /baˈlot/ [bɐˈlot̪̚] (“wrapped”, adjective; “balut”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: ba‧lot

Noun

balot (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

1. wrapper; wrapping material

   Synonym: pambalot

2. act of wrapping
3. package

   Synonyms: pakete, kaha

Derived terms

• alsa-balutan
• balot-aklat
• balutan
• balutin
• bumalot
• ibalot
• ipabalot
• ipagbalot
• mabalot
• mabalutan
• magbalot

See also

• sharon

Adjective

balót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

1. wrapped; covered with wrapping material

Derived terms

• balot sa puti

Noun

balót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜓᜆ᜔)

1. Alternative form of balut

Further reading

• “balot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*balut₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• tabol, lobat, bolta, talob