Dictionary

electability en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English elect Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English electability From elect + -ability.

Meanings

1. The capability of a candidate to be elected.
   • That applicant, the aide said, focused on electability and appeal to voters in all 62 counties of New York, and spoke not only of retaining the seat, but of delivering votes for Mr. Paterson. “We figured that the major frame that he’s looking through in this is his own re-election in 2010,” the aide said. 2009 January 18, David M. Halbfinger, Jeremy W. Peters, “Would-Be Senators Describe Job Interview With the Governor”, in New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

re-electability

Relateds

elect · electable

Translations (4)

es esleibilidad (capability to be elected) · es elegibilidad (capability to be elected) · de Wählbarkeit (capability to be elected) · sv valbarhet (capability to be elected)