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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɛl.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈel.ə.d͡ʒə.bəl/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 L AH0 JH AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: EH1 L IH0 JH AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ēligō (“to select, to choose”).

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: приемлив (priemliv) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Bulgarian: подходящ (podhodjašt) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Catalan: elegible — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Danish: valgbar — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Danish: kvalificeret — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Finnish: oikeutettu — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Finnish: sovelias — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Finnish: sopiva — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Finnish: kelvollinen — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• French: éligible — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• French: admissible — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Galician: elixíbel — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• German: berechtigt — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• German: infrage kommend — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• German: geeignet — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• German: zulässig — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• German: zulassungsfähig — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Ancient Greek: αἱρετός (hairetós) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Hiligaynon: dápat — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Hungarian: jogosult — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Hungarian: alkalmas — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Hungarian: megfelelő — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Hungarian: szóba jöhető — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Interlingua: eligibile — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Italian: eleggibile — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Italian: idoneo — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Italian: qualificato — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Japanese: 適任な (tekinin na) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Japanese: 有資格の (yūshikaku no) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Japanese: 選ばれるべき (erabareru beki) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Korean: 적격(適格)의 (jeokgyeog-ui) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Korean: 적임(適任)의 (jeogim-ui) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Manx: yn-reih — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Māori: māraurau — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Norwegian: egna — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Norwegian Bokmål: valgbar — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Polish: gotowy — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Portuguese: elegível — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Romanian: eligibil — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Russian: го́дный (gódnyj) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Russian: приго́дный (prigódnyj) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Russian: жела́тельный (želátelʹnyj) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Russian: подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Russian: прие́млемый (prijémlemyj) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Serbo-Croatian: погодан — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Serbo-Croatian: пожељан — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Serbo-Croatian: подобан — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Serbo-Croatian: прикладан — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Serbo-Croatian: pogodan — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Serbo-Croatian: poželjan — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Serbo-Croatian: podoban — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Serbo-Croatian: prikladan — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Spanish: idóneo — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Spanish: eligible — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Telugu: తగిన (tagina) — meeting the necessary requirements to participate in or be chosen for something
• Danish: passende — worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
• Danish: attråværdig — worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
• Finnish: kelpoinen — worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
• Galician: elixíbel — worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
• German: heiratswürdig — worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
• German: begehrt — worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
• Hungarian: partiképes — worthy of being chosen (for marriage)
• German: Berechtigte — one who is eligible
• Japanese: 有資格者 (yūshikakusha) — one who is eligible