-elect

See also: elect

English

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-elect

Etymology

From elect.

Suffix

-elect

Used after a title to indicate that the person has been elected to hold the title, but has not yet officially taken it.
Senator-elect Li will be sworn in next month.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -elect

Translations

not yet inaugurated

Finnish: vastavalittu, tuleva (fi)
Hungarian: megválasztott (hu), várományos (hu)
Shan: လောင်း
Swedish: vald (sv)
Vietnamese: tân cử (vi)

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