different between referendum vs proposal

English

Etymology

From Latin referendum (“that which ought to be announced”), from refero (“I announce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???f????nd?m/

Noun

referendum (plural referenda or referendums)

1. (politics) A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. The adposition on is usually used before the related subject of the vote.
   • 1975, Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, Informational Bulletin

     In some cases, a referendum on the proposed bond issue must be held.

   • 2019, Nalini Mohabir, Renaming the Cook Islands would be a vital step towards true independence in the Guardian.

     Although the Cook Islands held a referendum in 1994, when voters rejected a name change, the yearning for a decolonised identity has not disappeared.

2. An action, choice, etc., which is perceived as passing judgment on another matter.

   My father is taking my decision on whether to go to university as a referendum on his performance as a parent, and it's very stressful.

Translations

See also

• plebiscite

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin referendum.

Noun

referendum

1. referendum (in sense: a direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment).

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r?f?r?ndum]

Noun

referendum n

1. referendum (direct popular vote)

Related terms

• See oferta

Further reading

• referendum in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• referendum in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Latin referendum, the neuter gerundive of referre (“to refer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?f?r?nd?m/, [??f???and??m]

Noun

referendum n (singular definite referendummet, plural indefinite referendummer or referenda)

1. referendum (direct popular vote on a proposed law)

Inflection

Synonyms

• folkeafstemning

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

referendum n (plural referenda or referendums, diminutive referendumpje n)

1. referendum

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e.fe.???.d?m/, /?e.fe.???.d?m/

Noun

referendum m (plural referendums or referenda)

1. Alternative spelling of référendum

Italian

Noun

referendum m (invariable)

1. referendum

Derived terms

• referendario

Ladin

Noun

referendum m (plural referendums)

1. referendum

Latin

Participle

referendum

1. nominative neuter singular of referendus
2. accusative masculine singular of referendus
3. accusative neuter singular of referendus
4. vocative neuter singular of referendus

Maltese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin referendum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?.f??r?n.dum/

Noun

referendum m (plural referenda or referendumijiet)

1. referendum

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin referendum

Noun

referendum n (definite singular referendumet, indefinite plural referenda or referendumer, definite plural referendaene or referenduma or referendumene)

1. a referendum

Synonyms

• folkeavstemning

References

• “referendum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “referendum” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin referendum

Noun

referendum n (definite singular referendumet, indefinite plural referendum, definite plural referenduma)

1. a referendum

Synonyms

• folkerøysting

References

• “referendum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin referre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?.f??r?n.dum/

Noun

referendum n

1. (politics) referendum

   Synonym: plebiscyt

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjectives) referendalny, referendowy

Further reading

• referendum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin referendum, French référendum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.fe?ren.dum/

Noun

referendum n (plural referendumuri)

1. referendum

Declension

Synonyms

• plebiscit

Related terms

• referendar

References

• referendum in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refer?ndum/
• Hyphenation: re?fe?ren?dum

Noun

referèndum m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. referendum

Declension

Swedish

Noun

referendum

1. referendum (direct popular vote)

   Synonym: folkomröstning

Further reading

• referendum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

propose +? -al

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???po?z?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???p??z?l/

Noun

proposal (plural proposals)

1. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance
   1. A scheme or design

   2. The terms or conditions proposed
      • 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad Chapter VIII

        "That's about the size of it," I said. "Now, if it is a fair question, what was your side proposing to shed?" / I had him, there. He saw he had made a blunder, so he hastened to explain it away. He said he had spoken jestingly. Then he added that he and his principal would enjoy axes, and indeed prefer them, but such weapons were barred by the French code, and so I must change my proposal.

   3. The document on which such a thing is written.
      • December 22 2016, Simon Parkin in the Irish Times Basement idea to blockbuster: The story of Fifa, the video game

        Lewis, who had been sent to London to set up EA's European office, wrote a proposal for a lavish, high-tech football...

   4. The act of asking someone to be one's spouse; an offer of marriage
      • October 25 2013, Guardian Express Kim Kardashian Says a Prenup Is the Only Way to Marry

        Kanye may have been love stricken when Kim accepted his proposal to marry him but Kim has always supported the idea of a prenup.

      • 1922, P. G. Wodehouse, Three Men and a Maid Chapter 4

        You could open his collected works almost anywhere and shut your eyes and dab down your finger on some red-hot passage. A proposal of marriage is a thing which it is rather difficult to bring neatly into the ordinary run of conversation. It wants leading up to.

      • 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times Chapter XV

        ‘Louisa, my dear, you are the subject of a proposal of marriage that has been made to me.’ Again he waited, and again she answered not one word. This so far surprised him, as to induce him gently to repeat, ‘a proposal of marriage, my dear.’ To which she returned, without any visible emotion whatever:

   5. (law) The offer by a party of what he has in view as to an intended business transaction, which, with acceptance, constitutes a contract.

Synonyms

• proffer
• tender
• overture

Derived terms

Related terms

• proposition

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