Meanings
present singular third person reelects · participle present reelecting · participle past reelected · past reelected · alternative re-elect · alternative dated reëlect
- To elect for a second or subsequent time.
Voters in Omaha were set to make history Tuesday by either reelecting the city’s first female mayor to a rare fourth term or electing the community’s first Black mayor.
2025 May 14, “Omaha poised to have first Black leader after mayor concedes race”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishelect
- Englishreelect
Translations
Bulgarian преизбирам
- преизбирам (preizbiram)to elect for a subsequent time
Catalan reelegir, reescollir
- reelegirto elect for a subsequent time
- reescollirto elect for a subsequent time
Chinese Mandarin 再選 /再选, 改選 /改选
- 再選 /再选 (zàixuǎn)to elect for a subsequent time
- 改選 /改选 (gǎixuǎn)to elect for a subsequent time
Danish genvælge
- genvælgeto elect for a subsequent time
Esperanto reelekti
- reelektito elect for a subsequent time
Finnish valita uudelleen
- valita uudelleento elect for a subsequent time
French réélire
- réélireto elect for a subsequent time
German wiederwählen
- wiederwählento elect for a subsequent time
Hungarian újraválaszt
- újraválasztto elect for a subsequent time
Japanese 再選する, 改選する
- 再選する (zaisen suru)to elect for a subsequent time
- 改選する (kaisen suru)to elect for a subsequent time
Korean 재선하다
- 재선하다 (jaeseonhada)to elect for a subsequent time
Latin reēligō
- reēligōto elect for a subsequent time
Norwegian gjenvelge
- gjenvelgeto elect for a subsequent time
Portuguese reeleger
- reelegerto elect for a subsequent time
Russian переизбира́ть, переизбра́ть
- переизбира́ть (pereizbirátʹ)to elect for a subsequent time
- переизбра́ть (pereizbrátʹ)to elect for a subsequent time
Spanish reelegir, reesleer
- reelegirto elect for a subsequent time
- reesleerto elect for a subsequent time
- reesleírto elect for a subsequent time
Swedish omvälja, återvälja
- omväljato elect for a subsequent time
- återväljato elect for a subsequent time
Ukrainian переобира́ти, переобра́ти
- переобира́ти (pereobyráty)to elect for a subsequent time
- переобра́ти (pereobráty)to elect for a subsequent time
Vietnamese tái cử, tái bầu
- tái cửto elect for a subsequent time
- tái bầuto elect for a subsequent time
- tái bầu cửto elect for a subsequent time
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
reelect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reelect
“reelect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reelect. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reelect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reelect.
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