elusive

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈl(j)uː.sɪv/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /iˈl(j)uː.sɪv/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈl(j)uː.zɪv/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /iˈl(j)uː.zɪv/
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• US: /ɪˈl(j)u.sɪv/
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• US: /iˈl(j)u.sɪv/
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• US: /ɪˈl(j)u.zɪv/
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• US: /iˈl(j)u.zɪv/
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• Australian: /ɪˈlʉ.sɪv/
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• Australian: /əˈlʉ.sɪv/
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• homophone: illusive
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 L UW1 S IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin elusus, past participle of eludo (“to parry a blow, to deceive”).

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: متملص (mutamalliṣ) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Arabic: مراوغ (murāwiḡ) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Bulgarian: неуловим (neulovim) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Bulgarian: изплъзващ се (izplǎzvašt se) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Catalan: elusiu — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Czech: nepolapitelný — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Dutch: ongrijpbaar — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Esperanto: nekaptebla — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Estonian: puiklik — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Finnish: välttelevä — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Finnish: vaikeasti tavoiteltava — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Finnish: hämärä — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• French: évasif — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• French: insaisissable — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• French: rare — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• German: flüchtig — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• German: schwer fassbar — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Greek: ασύλληπτος (asýlliptos) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Greek: φευγαλέος (fevgaléos) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Hebrew: חֲמַקְמָק (ẖamaqmáq) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Ido: nekaptebla — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Italian: elusivo — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Latin: fugāx — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Persian: گریزان — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Persian: فراری — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Persian: مرموز (marmuz) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Polish: nieuchwytny — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Portuguese: elusivo — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Portuguese: fugidio — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Romanian: evaziv — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Russian: неуловимый (neulovimyj) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Russian: ускользающий (uskolʹzajuščij) — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Serbo-Croatian: lukav — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Serbo-Croatian: prepreden — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Serbo-Croatian: neuhvatljiv — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Spanish: elusivo — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Spanish: huidizo — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Spanish: escurridizo — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Spanish: esquivo — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Spanish: inaprensible — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Swedish: gäckande — evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
• Chinese: 难以描述的 (nányǐmiáoshùdē) — difficult to describe
• Chinese: 难以捉摸 (Nányǐzhuōmō) — difficult to describe
• Chinese: 难以琢磨 (Nányǐzhuómó) — difficult to describe
• Dutch: moeilijk beschrijfbaar — difficult to describe
• Estonian: ebamäärane — difficult to describe
• Finnish: vaikeasti kuvailtava — difficult to describe
• Finnish: vaikea kuvailla — difficult to describe
• French: ambigu — difficult to describe
• French: obscur — difficult to describe
• German: schwierig — difficult to describe
• German: schwer fassbar — difficult to describe
• German: schwer zu beschreiben — difficult to describe
• Polish: nieuchwytny — difficult to describe
• Portuguese: elusivo — difficult to describe
• Russian: труднодостижимый (trudnodostižimyj) — difficult to describe
• Spanish: impreciso — difficult to describe
• Spanish: inexacto — difficult to describe
• Spanish: indefinible — difficult to describe
• Spanish: ambiguo — difficult to describe