English-French translations for referendum

• référendum
  Référendum au Venezuela (débat) Referendum in Venezuela (debate)
  Vous avez bien entendu: un référendum! Yes, believe it or not, a referendum.
  Tout cela a contribué à la victoire du référendum. This helped to win the referendum.

Definition of referendum

• A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. The adposition ''on'is usually used before the related subject of the vote
• An action, choice, etc., which is perceived as passing judgment on another matter

Examples

• My father is taking my decision on whether to go to university as a referendum on his performance as a parent, and its very stressful.

Related words

• reference
• preferential
• referent
• referential
• preference
• self-referential
• references
• referencing
• preferences