ballot
French, noun/ba.lo/
ballot is spelled B-A-L-L-O-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 33,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ballot is a French masculine noun meaning “bundle, package” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce qui est propre à quelqu'un”.
What does ballot mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebundle, package
- 2
derogatoryinformalmasculinefool, nitwit
adjective
- 1
colloquialsilly
- 2
colloquialregrettable
c'est ballot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite balle de marchandises. 2. Ce qui est propre à quelqu'un. 3. Balle ou botte de foin, de paille. 4. Ensemble de bûches de bois maintenu par des cordes, en forme de cylindre, pour en faciliter le transport. (correspond généralement à un stère de bois)
adjective: 1. Bête, stupide, mais sans conséquence. 2. Qui manque de chance, avec une connotation dérisoire voire moqueuse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ballot
- ballots plural
- ballote feminine
- ballotes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ballot?
- /ba.lo/
- \ba.lo\
- [ba.lo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ballot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ballot in French?
ballot appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).