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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛkt/
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• General-American: /ɪˈlɛkt/
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• General-American: /i-/
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• General-American: /ə-/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɛkt
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 L EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend. Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ἐκ (ek), rather than e- (from ex).

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: избран (izbran) — who has been elected
• Danish: valgt — who has been elected
• Danish: udvalgt — who has been elected
• Finnish: vastavalittu — who has been elected
• Finnish: tuleva — who has been elected
• French: élu — who has been elected
• Galician: electo — who has been elected
• German: gewählt — who has been elected
• Greek: εκλεγμένος (eklegménos) — who has been elected
• Macedonian: избран (izbran) — who has been elected
• Norwegian: valgt — who has been elected
• Norwegian Bokmål: valgt — who has been elected
• Norwegian Nynorsk: valt — who has been elected
• Portuguese: eleito — who has been elected
• Russian: и́збранный (ízbrannyj) — who has been elected
• Spanish: electo — who has been elected
• Swahili: uteuzi — who has been elected
• Swedish: vald — who has been elected
• Vietnamese: tân cử — who has been elected
• Yiddish: אױסגעקליבן (oysgeklibn) — who has been elected
• Bulgarian: избраник (izbranik) — One chosen or set apart
• French: élu — One chosen or set apart
• French: élue — One chosen or set apart
• Greek: εκλεκτός (eklektós) — One chosen or set apart
• Greek: εκλεκτή (eklektí) — One chosen or set apart
• Hebrew: נבחר — One chosen or set apart
• Serbo-Croatian: izabranik — One chosen or set apart
• Serbo-Croatian: izabranica — One chosen or set apart
• Chinese Mandarin: 选民 (xuǎnmín) — One chosen by God
• French: élu — One chosen by God
• French: élue — One chosen by God
• Hebrew: נבחר — One chosen by God
• Serbo-Croatian: izabranik — One chosen by God
• Serbo-Croatian: izabranica — One chosen by God
• Southern Altai: ылгаар (ïlgaar) — to choose or make decision
• Armenian: ընտրել (əntrel) — to choose or make decision
• Aromanian: aleg — to choose or make decision
• Bulgarian: решавам, спирам се на (rešavam, spiram se na) — to choose or make decision
• Chinese Mandarin: 選擇 /选择 (xuǎnzé) — to choose or make decision
• Danish: vælge — to choose or make decision
• Dutch: kiezen — to choose or make decision
• Dutch: uitkiezen — to choose or make decision
• Esperanto: elekti — to choose or make decision
• Finnish: valita — to choose or make decision
• Finnish: päättää — to choose or make decision
• French: choisir — to choose or make decision
• French: décider — to choose or make decision
• Galician: elixir — to choose or make decision
• German: entscheiden — to choose or make decision
• German: wählen — to choose or make decision
• Greek: διαλέγω (dialégo) — to choose or make decision
• Japanese: 選ぶ (erabu) — to choose or make decision
• Kyrgyz: ылгоо (ılgoo) — to choose or make decision
• Macedonian: решава (rešava) — to choose or make decision
• Macedonian: реши (reši) — to choose or make decision
• Manx: reih — to choose or make decision
• Manx: teih — to choose or make decision
• Old English: ceosan — to choose or make decision
• Polish: postanowić — to choose or make decision
• Portuguese: eleger — to choose or make decision
• Romanian: alege — to choose or make decision
• Romanian: hotărî — to choose or make decision
• Russian: выбира́ть (vybirátʹ) — to choose or make decision
• Russian: вы́брать (výbratʹ) — to choose or make decision
• Scottish Gaelic: tagh — to choose or make decision
• Serbo-Croatian: odabrati — to choose or make decision
• Spanish: elegir — to choose or make decision
• Spanish: esleer — to choose or make decision
• Spanish: esleír — to choose or make decision
• Spanish: eligir — to choose or make decision
• Swedish: välja — to choose or make decision
• Turkish: seçmek — to choose or make decision
• Turkish: saylamak — to choose or make decision
• Southern Altai: ылгаар (ïlgaar) — to choose in election
• Arabic: اِنْتَخَبَ (intaḵaba) — to choose in election
• Arabic: انتخب (intaḵab) — to choose in election
• Armenian: ընտրել (əntrel) — to choose in election
• Aromanian: aleg — to choose in election
• Belarusian: абіра́ць (abirácʹ) — to choose in election
• Belarusian: абра́ць (abrácʹ) — to choose in election
• Belarusian: выбіра́ць (vybirácʹ) — to choose in election
• Belarusian: вы́браць (výbracʹ) — to choose in election
• Bulgarian: избирам (izbiram) — to choose in election
• Catalan: elegir — to choose in election
• Chinese Cantonese: 選 /选 (syun2) — to choose in election
• Chinese Mandarin: 選舉 /选举 (xuǎnjǔ) — to choose in election
• Czech: volit — to choose in election
• Danish: vælge — to choose in election
• Dutch: verkiezen — to choose in election
• Esperanto: elekti — to choose in election
• Finnish: valita — to choose in election
• French: élire — to choose in election
• Galician: elixir — to choose in election
• German: wählen — to choose in election
• Greek: εκλέγω (eklégo) — to choose in election
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχαιρεσίαζω (arkhairesíazō) — to choose in election
• Ancient Greek: αἱρέομαι (hairéomai) — to choose in election
• Ancient Greek: χειροτονέω (kheirotonéō) — to choose in election
• Ancient Greek: προχειρίζομαι (prokheirízomai) — to choose in election
• Gujarati: ચૂંટવું (cū̃ṭvũ) — to choose in election
• Hungarian: választ — to choose in election
• Ido: elektar — to choose in election
• Irish: togh — to choose in election
• Italian: eleggere — to choose in election
• Japanese: 選挙する (senkyo suru) — to choose in election
• Khmer: បោះឆ្នោត (bɑh chnaot) — to choose in election
• Korean: 선거하다 (seon'geohada) — to choose in election
• Lao: ເລືອກຕັ້ງ (lư̄ak tang) — to choose in election
• Latin: ēligō — to choose in election
• Latin: dīligō — to choose in election
• Latin: legō — to choose in election
• Macedonian: изгласува (izglasuva) — to choose in election
• Macedonian: изгласа (izglasa) — to choose in election
• Manx: reih — to choose in election
• Manx: teih — to choose in election
• Māori: pōti — to choose in election
• Norman: êlithe — to choose in election
• Oromo: filuu — to choose in election
• Polish: wybierać — to choose in election
• Portuguese: eleger — to choose in election
• Romanian: alege — to choose in election
• Russian: выбира́ть (vybirátʹ) — to choose in election
• Russian: вы́брать (výbratʹ) — to choose in election
• Russian: избира́ть (izbirátʹ) — to choose in election
• Russian: избра́ть (izbrátʹ) — to choose in election
• Scottish Gaelic: tagh — to choose in election
• Serbo-Croatian: izabrati — to choose in election
• Spanish: elegir — to choose in election
• Spanish: esleer — to choose in election
• Spanish: esleír — to choose in election
• Spanish: eligir — to choose in election
• Swedish: välja — to choose in election
• Thai: เลือกตั้ง (lʉ̂ʉak-dtâng) — to choose in election
• Northern Thai: ᩃᩮᩥᩬᨠᨲᩢ᩠᩶ᨦ — to choose in election
• Turkish: seçmek — to choose in election
• Turkish: saylamak — to choose in election
• Ukrainian: обира́ти (obyráty) — to choose in election
• Ukrainian: обра́ти (obráty) — to choose in election
• Ukrainian: вибира́ти (vybyráty) — to choose in election
• Ukrainian: ви́брати (výbraty) — to choose in election
• Unami: kikayëmhe — to choose in election
• Vietnamese: bầu — to choose in election
• Vietnamese: tuyển cử — to choose in election
• Vietnamese: bầu cử — to choose in election