Meanings
plural polling stations
- AustraliaCanadaUKa place where voters go to cast their ballot in an election or referendum; a voting station
Dastis defended the Spanish police’s actions as they tried to halt the referendum, even though other members of the government have apologised for the violent scenes when officers raided polling stations, charged the crowds with batons and fired rubber bullets.
2017 October 22, Sam Jones, “Catalonia weighs up declaration of independence”, in the Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna place where voters go to cast their votes in an election
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan col·legi electoral
- col·legi electoralplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Chinese Mandarin 投票站
- 投票站 (tóupiàozhàn)place where voters go to cast their ballot
Czech volební místnost
- volební místnostplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Danish valgsted, afstemningssted
- valgstedplace where voters go to cast their ballot
- afstemningsstedplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Esperanto elektejo
- elektejoplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Finnish äänestyspaikka, vaalipaikka
- äänestyspaikkaplace where voters go to cast their ballot
- vaalipaikkaplace where voters go to cast their ballot
French bureau de vote
- bureau de voteplace where voters go to cast their ballot
German Wahllokal
- Wahllokalplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Icelandic kjörstaður
- kjörstaðurplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Irish stáisiún vótála
- stáisiún vótálaplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Italian seggio elettorale
- seggio elettoraleplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Japanese 投票所
- 投票所 (tōhyōjo)place where voters go to cast their ballot
Korean 투표소, 투표장
- 투표소 (tupyoso)place where voters go to cast their ballot
- 투표장 (tupyojang)place where voters go to cast their ballot
Māori whare pōti
- whare pōtiplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Norwegian Bokmål valglokale, stemmelokale
- valglokaleplace where voters go to cast their ballot
- stemmelokaleplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Polish lokal wyborczy
- lokal wyborczyplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Portuguese seção eleitoral
- seção eleitoralplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Russian избира́тельный уча́сток
- избира́тельный уча́сток (izbirátelʹnyj učástok)place where voters go to cast their ballot
Spanish colegio electoral, mesa electoral
- colegio electoralplace where voters go to cast their ballot
- mesa electoralplace where voters go to cast their ballot
- centro votacionalplace where voters go to cast their ballot
- lugar votatorioplace where voters go to cast their ballot
- recinto votativoplace where voters go to cast their ballot
- estación de votaciónplace where voters go to cast their ballot
- local de votaciónplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Swahili kituo cha kupigia kura
- kituo cha kupigia kuraplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Swedish vallokal
- vallokalplace where voters go to cast their ballot
Ukrainian виборча дільниця
- виборча дільниця (vyborča dilʹnycja)place where voters go to cast their ballot
Cite this entry
polling station. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polling%20station
“polling station.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polling%20station. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polling station,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polling%20station.
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