4.1 Pour ou contre le droit de vote? Flashcards
abaisser
to lower
accorder
to give/grant
l’aîné(e) (m/f)
elder
d’antan
of long ago
l’apathie
apathy (being very indifferent)
l’Assemblée (f) nationale
French National Assembly (parliament)
autonome
independent/autonomous
les biens (mpl)
assets
le bulletin de vote
ballot paper
la carte électorale
voter registration card
centriste
centrist
le chiffre
figure (numbers or stats)
la cohabitation (in political context)
coalition
concourir
to compete
le conseil (in politics)
committee/board
demeurer
to remain
la démocratie
democracy
le la député(e)
MP
dissoudre
to dissolve
le droit
the right (the entitlement to)
la droite
the right (wing)
ébranler
to weaken/shake/rattle (eg you can weaken someones confidence)
l’électeur(-trice) (m/f)
voter
élevé(e) (not student)
high/grand/important
élire
to elect
l’élu(e) (m/f)
elected representative
l’État (m)
state
l’étude (f)
study
la femme politique
politician (f)
la gauche
left (wing)
l’homme politique
politician (m)
la loi
the law
la majorité (in politics)
The majority vote
la majorité electorale
the voting age
le mandat
mandate
marcher (bien) (not walk)
to work (well)
le milieu
the environment
le/la militant(e)
activist
le mineur
minor
le ministère
ministry
la/la ministre
minister
le mouvement
movement
s’opposer à
to oppose
le parti
political party
plafonner
to reach a ceiling
la politique
politics / policy
ponctuel(le)
punctual / occasional
le pouvoir
power
la prémajorité
legal state allowing certain rights before electoral maturity (basically a middleground between no rights and full rights from children to adults for adolescents)
le quinquennat
5 year term of office
