plebiscito

See also: plebiscitó

Italian

Etymology

From Latin plēbiscītum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ple.biʃˈʃi.to/
• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: ple‧bi‧scì‧to

Noun

plebiscito m (plural plebisciti)

1. plebiscite

Related terms

• plebe

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɫeː.bɪsˈkiː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ple.biʃˈʃiː.to]

Noun

plēbiscītō

1. dative/ablative singular of plēbiscītum

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin plēbiscītum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ple.biˈsi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ple.biˈsi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ple.biˈsi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /plɨ.biʃˈsi.tu/ [plɨ.βiʃˈsi.tu], /plɨ.biˈʃi.tu/ [plɨ.βiˈʃi.tu]

• Hyphenation: ple‧bis‧ci‧to

Noun

plebiscito m (plural plebiscitos)

1. plebiscite, referendum

Related terms

• plebe

Further reading

• “plebiscito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “plebiscito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plebisˈθito/ [ple.β̞isˈθi.t̪o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /plebiˈsito/ [ple.β̞iˈsi.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ple‧bis‧ci‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin plēbiscītum.

Noun

plebiscito m (plural plebiscitos)

1. plebiscite

Derived terms

• plebiscitar
• plebiscitario

Related terms

• plebe

Etymology 2

Verb

plebiscito

1. first-person singular present indicative of plebiscitar

Further reading

• “plebiscito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025