# bellwether

## Anglais

### Étymologie

    Composé de bell et de wether, littéralement « mouton à cloche ».

### Adjectif

bellwether \bɛlwɛðə\

* Indicateur de tendances futures.
   * A slate of polls out Tuesday showed Joe Biden boasting a solid lead in the battleground states of North Carolina, Florida, Wisconsin, and Minnesota—and dramatically reversing President Trump’s lead among Hispanics in Florida—helping to ease Democrats’ concerns about an emerging weakness for the Democratic nominee in the bellwether state. — (Today’s 2020 Election Polls: Trump’s Poll Lead With Florida’s Hispanic Voters Disappears)

### Nom commun

bellwether \bɛlwɛðə\

* (Élevage) Menon, mouton qui mène le troupeau.
* Indicateur de tendances futures.

**Synonymes**

* trendsetter
