elite

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈliːt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛˈliːt/
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• General-American: /ɪˈlit/
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• General-American: /eɪˈlit/
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• General-American: /əˈlit/
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• General-American: /iˈlit/
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• Australian: /ɪˈliːt/
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• Australian: [ɪˈlɪit]
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• Australian: /əˈliːt/
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• Australian: [əˈlɪit]
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• Leet: /ɛˈliːt/
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• /ᵻˈlajʈ/ South Asia, spelling pronunciation
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• rhymes with -iːt
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 L IY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: EY0 L IY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle of elire, eslire (“to choose, elect”), from Latin eligere (“to choose, elect”), with past participle electus; see elect.

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: elitar — of high birth or social position
• Belarusian: элі́тны (elítny) — of high birth or social position
• Chinese Mandarin: 精英 (jīngyīng) — of high birth or social position
• Czech: elitní — of high birth or social position
• Dutch: elitair — of high birth or social position
• Dutch: elitaire — of high birth or social position
• Esperanto: elita — of high birth or social position
• Estonian: eliit — of high birth or social position
• Finnish: eliitti- — of high birth or social position
• French: élite — of high birth or social position
• French: élitaire — of high birth or social position
• French: d'élite — of high birth or social position
• Galician: elite — of high birth or social position
• German: elitär — of high birth or social position
• German: Elite- — of high birth or social position
• German: Eliten- — of high birth or social position
• German: Auslese- — of high birth or social position
• Greek: ελίτ (elít) — of high birth or social position
• Hungarian: elit — of high birth or social position
• Māori: hunga pakipaki — of high birth or social position
• Polish: elitarny — of high birth or social position
• Portuguese: de elite — of high birth or social position
• Russian: эли́тный (elítnyj) — of high birth or social position
• Spanish: élite — of high birth or social position
• Thai: ชั้นนํา (chán-nam) — of high birth or social position
• Ukrainian: елі́тний (elítnyj) — of high birth or social position
• Albanian: elitë — group with higher status
• Arabic: نُخْبَة (nuḵba) — group with higher status
• Armenian: վերնախավ (vernaxav) — group with higher status
• Armenian: էլիտա (ēlita) — group with higher status
• Azerbaijani: elita — group with higher status
• Belarusian: элі́та (elíta) — group with higher status
• Bulgarian: ели́та (elíta) — group with higher status
• Catalan: elit — group with higher status
• Chinese Mandarin: 精英 (jīngyīng) — group with higher status
• Czech: elita — group with higher status
• Danish: elite — group with higher status
• Dutch: elite — group with higher status
• Esperanto: elito — group with higher status
• Estonian: eliit — group with higher status
• Finnish: eliitti — group with higher status
• Finnish: parhaimmisto — group with higher status
• French: élite — group with higher status
• Galician: elite — group with higher status
• Georgian: ელიტა (eliṭa) — group with higher status
• German: Elite — group with higher status
• German: Auslese — group with higher status
• German: Oberschicht — group with higher status
• German: Führungsschicht — group with higher status
• German: Spitzengruppe — group with higher status
• German: Spitze — group with higher status
• Greek: ελίτ (elít) — group with higher status
• Greek: αφρόκρεμα (afrókrema) — group with higher status
• Hebrew: עילית (‘ilít) — group with higher status
• Hebrew: אליטה (elíta) — group with higher status
• Hungarian: elit — group with higher status
• Indonesian: elite — group with higher status
• Italian: élite — group with higher status
• Japanese: 選り抜き (erinuki) — group with higher status
• Japanese: 精鋭 (seiei) — group with higher status
• Japanese: エリート (erīto) — group with higher status
• Kazakh: элита (élita) — group with higher status
• Khmer: វរជន (vɔɔ cŭən) — group with higher status
• Korean: 엘리트 (elliteu) — group with higher status
• Kyrgyz: элита (elita) — group with higher status
• Latvian: elite — group with higher status
• Lithuanian: elitas — group with higher status
• Macedonian: ели́та (elíta) — group with higher status
• Malagasy: sangany — group with higher status
• Malay: elit — group with higher status
• Norwegian Bokmål: elite — group with higher status
• Iranian Persian: نُخْبِه (noxbe) — group with higher status
• Iranian Persian: اِلیت (elit) — group with higher status
• Polish: elita — group with higher status
• Polish: socjeta — group with higher status
• Portuguese: elite — group with higher status
• Portuguese: escol — group with higher status
• Romanian: elită — group with higher status
• Russian: эли́та (elíta) — group with higher status
• Serbo-Croatian: елѝта — group with higher status
• Serbo-Croatian: elìta — group with higher status
• Slovak: elita — group with higher status
• Slovene: elita — group with higher status
• Spanish: élite — group with higher status
• Spanish: elite — group with higher status
• Swedish: elit — group with higher status
• Tagalog: kapilian — group with higher status
• Tajik: элита (elita) — group with higher status
• Thai: อติชน (à-dtì-chon) — group with higher status
• Thai: อภิชน (à-pí-chon) — group with higher status
• Thai: ชนชั้นนํา (chon-chán-nam) — group with higher status
• Thai: อีลีท (ii-lìit) — group with higher status
• Turkish: seçkinler — group with higher status
• Ukrainian: елі́та (elíta) — group with higher status
• Uzbek: elita — group with higher status
• Vietnamese: giới tinh hoa — group with higher status
• Vietnamese: giới thượng lưu — group with higher status
• Chinese Mandarin: 精英 (jīngyīng) — person who is among the best at certain task
• Dutch: top- — person who is among the best at certain task
• Finnish: huippu — person who is among the best at certain task
• German: Elite — person who is among the best at certain task
• Khmer: អ្នកខ្ពស់ (nĕək khpŭəh) — person who is among the best at certain task
• Polish: najlepszy — person who is among the best at certain task
• Polish: najlepsza — person who is among the best at certain task
• Portuguese: elite — person who is among the best at certain task
• Thai: ชั้นยอด (chán-yɔ̂ɔt) — person who is among the best at certain task
• Thai: ชั้นนํา (chán-nam) — person who is among the best at certain task
• Thai: หัวกะทิ (hǔua-gà-tí) — person who is among the best at certain task