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• /sɪˈlɛkt/
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH0 L EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: избран (izbran) — privileged, specially selected
• Bulgarian: подбран (podbran) — privileged, specially selected
• Chinese Mandarin: 特定 (tèdìng) — privileged, specially selected
• Dutch: select — privileged, specially selected
• French: sélect — privileged, specially selected
• Ancient Greek: ἐκλεκτός (eklektós) — privileged, specially selected
• Hungarian: válogatott — privileged, specially selected
• Hungarian: kiválogatott — privileged, specially selected
• Hungarian: gondosan összeválogatott — privileged, specially selected
• Hungarian: kiszemelt — privileged, specially selected
• Hungarian: kiválasztott — privileged, specially selected
• Indonesian: tertentu — privileged, specially selected
• Latin: ēlectus — privileged, specially selected
• Portuguese: seleto — privileged, specially selected
• Portuguese: selecionado — privileged, specially selected
• Slovak: vyvolený — privileged, specially selected
• Bulgarian: висококачествен (visokokačestven) — of high quality; top-notch
• Chinese Mandarin: 精选 (jīng xuǎn) — of high quality; top-notch
• Hungarian: kitűnő — of high quality; top-notch
• Hungarian: kiváló — of high quality; top-notch
• Hungarian: exkluzív — of high quality; top-notch
• Hungarian: választékos — of high quality; top-notch
• Hungarian: finom — of high quality; top-notch
• Hungarian: előkelő — of high quality; top-notch
• Hungarian: válogatott — of high quality; top-notch
• Indonesian: pilihan — of high quality; top-notch
• Portuguese: seleto — of high quality; top-notch
• Russian: отбо́рный (otbórnyj) — of high quality; top-notch
• Slovak: vyberaný — of high quality; top-notch
• Spanish: selecto — of high quality; top-notch
• Spanish: cogollo — of high quality; top-notch
• Southern Altai: сайлаар (saylaar) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Arabic: اِخْتَارَ (iḵtāra) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Arabic: اختار (iḵtār) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Bashkir: һайлау (haylaw) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Bashkir: һайҙау (haylaw) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Basque: aukeratu — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Basque: hautatu — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Bulgarian: избирам (izbiram) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Catalan: seleccionar — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Chinese Mandarin: 選 /选 (xuǎn) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Chinese Mandarin: 挑選 /挑选 (tiāoxuǎn) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Chinese Mandarin: 選拔 /选拔 (xuǎnbá) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Choctaw: atokoli — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Czech: vybrat — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Dutch: uitkiezen — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Dutch: selecteer — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Egyptian: s-t:p-stp:Y1 (stp) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Esperanto: elekti — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Esperanto: selekti — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Estonian: valima — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Evenki: синма- (sinma-) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Finnish: valita — to choose one or more elements from a set
• French: choisir — to choose one or more elements from a set
• French: sélectionner — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Galician: escolmar — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Galician: escoller — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Galician: seleccionar — to choose one or more elements from a set
• German: auswählen — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waljan) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Greek: επιλέγω (epilégo) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Ancient Greek: αἱρέομαι (hairéomai) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Ancient Greek: ἐκλέγω (eklégō) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Haitian Creole: chwazi — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Hebrew: בחר (bakhár) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Higaonon: namili — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Hindi: चुनना (cunnā) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Hindi: चयन करना (cayan karnā) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Hungarian: kiválaszt — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Hungarian: beválogat — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Ido: selektar — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Indonesian: memilih — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Indonesian: pilih — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Irish: togh — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Italian: scegliere — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Italian: selezionare — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Japanese: 選ぶ (erabu) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Khmer: ជ្រើស (crəəh) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Khmer: រើស (rəəh) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Khmer: ជ្រើសរើស (crəəh rəəh) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Khmer: ចម្រាញ់ (cɑmraɲ) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Korean: 고르다 (goreuda) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵبژاردن (hellbjardin) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Northern Kurdish: hilbijartin — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Latin: legō — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Latin: sēligō — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Latin: dēligō — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Latin: optō — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Luxembourgish: auswielen — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Macedonian: избира (izbira) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Māori: whiri — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Māori: tīpako — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Marathi: निवडणे (nivaḍṇe) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Nepali: छान्नु (chānnu) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Old English: ceosan — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Polish: wybierać — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Polish: wybrać — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Polish: selekcjonować — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Portuguese: escolher — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Portuguese: selecionar — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Portuguese: optar por — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Portuguese: seletar — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Quechua: akllay — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Quechua: chihlluy — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Romansh: selecziunar — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Russian: отбира́ть (otbirátʹ) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Sanskrit: वृणोति (vṛṇoti) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Scottish Gaelic: tagh — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Serbo-Croatian: izabrati — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Serbo-Croatian: izbrati — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Slovak: vybrať — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Slovak: vyberať — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Slovak: vybrať si — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Slovak: vyberať si — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Somali: xulid — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Spanish: seleccionar — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Spanish: cribar — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Swedish: välja — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Swedish: välja ut — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Swedish: utvälja — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Telugu: ఎంచు (eñcu) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Telugu: ఎంచుకొను (eñcukonu) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Thai: คัดเลือก — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Ottoman Turkish: بگنمك (beğenmek) — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Vietnamese: lựa — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Volapük: sesukön — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Welsh: dewis — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Welsh: dethol — to choose one or more elements from a set
• Chinese Mandarin: 选取 (xuǎnqǔ) — to obtain a set of data
• Māori: tīpako — to obtain a set of data
• Slovak: vyselektovať — to obtain a set of data
• Slovak: selektovať — to obtain a set of data