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urne

urn

noun URN Rare
People & Society Politics

Also means

ballot box

Usage Note

Urne covers both the ceremonial urn used to hold ashes after cremation and the ballot box (urne électorale) used in French elections. On election day, the phrase aller aux urnes (to go to the polls) is extremely common in political journalism. The plural urnes is standard and follows regular feminine patterns.

Examples

"Les électeurs ont déposé leurs bulletins dans l'urne."

Natural Translation

The voters placed their ballots in the ballot box.

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