acclamation

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1541.
• Borrowed from Latin acclāmātiō, acclāmātiōnis (“calling, exclamation, shout of approval”), from acclamo (“shout approval or disapproval of, shout out at”), from ad (“toward”) + clamo (“cry out”)
• Compare French acclamation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æk.lə.ˈmeɪ.ʃən/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Homophone: acclimation

Noun

acclamation (countable and uncountable, plural acclamations)

1. A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.

   Synonym: acclaim

   • 1876, Henry Martyn Robert, Robert’s Rules of Order‎^[1], Chicago: S.C. Griggs & Co., p. 100, Article IX, Section 46, note:

     Sometimes a member nominates a chairman and no vote is taken, the assembly signifying their approval by acclamation.

   • 1829, Robert Southey, “Colloquy VI. Walla Crag.—Owen of Lanark.”, in Sir Thomas More: or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 118:

     On such a day, a holyday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children:..it must be a scramble among the mountains, and I must accompany them; […]

2. The act of winning an election to a post because there were no other candidates.

   See also: uncontested, by default

   With no one running against her, she won by acclamation.

3. (art) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy.
   • 1826, James Elmes, A General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts:

     The medals on which laudatory acclamations are recorded are called by antiquaries acclamation medals.

4. (politics) An oral vote taken without formal ballot and with much fanfare; typically an overwhelmingly affirmative vote.

   Synonym: voice vote

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:applause

Translations

applause

• Bulgarian: приветстване (privetstvane), аплодисменти (aplodismenti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 掌聲／掌声 (zh) (zhǎngshēng)

• Dutch: gejuich (nl), acclamatie (nl)
• French: acclamation (fr)
• German: Zuruf (de), Akklamation (de) f
• Indonesian: aklamasi (id)
• Interlingua: acclamation
• Italian: acclamazione (it) f
• Latin: acclāmātiō f
• Polish: poklask (pl) m, aklamacja (pl) f (archaic)
• Portuguese: aclamação (pt) f
• Romanian: aclamare (ro), aclamație (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клицање, аклама́ција

  Roman: klicanje, aklamácija (sh) f

• Spanish: aclamación (es)

election of a standby

• Arabic: تَزْكِية f (tazkiya)
• Bulgarian: провъзгласяване (bg) (provǎzglasjavane)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} zonder hoofdelijke stemming, ^{(please verify)} met algemene instemming
• Italian: acclamazione (it) f
• Polish: aklamacja (pl) f

antique

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acclāmātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kla.ma.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

acclamation f (plural acclamations)

1. acclamation

Related terms

• acclamer

Further reading

• “acclamation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.