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• /səˈlɛkʃən/
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• rhymes with -ɛkʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH0 L EH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“apart”) + legō (“gather, select”). Equivalent to select + -ion.

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ընտրում (əntrum) — process or act of selecting
• Armenian: ընտրություն (əntrutʻyun) — process or act of selecting
• Armenian: սելեկցիա (selekcʻia) — process or act of selecting
• Basque: aukeraketa — process or act of selecting
• Belarusian: адбо́р (adbór) — process or act of selecting
• Belarusian: вы́бар (výbar) — process or act of selecting
• Belarusian: селе́кцыя (sjeljékcyja) — process or act of selecting
• Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (intekhab) — process or act of selecting
• Bulgarian: избор (izbor) — process or act of selecting
• Bulgarian: подбор (podbor) — process or act of selecting
• Catalan: selecció — process or act of selecting
• Chinese Mandarin: 選擇 /选择 (xuǎnzé) — process or act of selecting
• Czech: výběr — process or act of selecting
• Danish: valg — process or act of selecting
• Danish: selektion — process or act of selecting
• Finnish: valinta — process or act of selecting
• Finnish: valitseminen — process or act of selecting
• French: sélection — process or act of selecting
• Galician: escolleita — process or act of selecting
• Galician: escolla — process or act of selecting
• Galician: escolma — process or act of selecting
• Galician: selección — process or act of selecting
• German: Anwahl — process or act of selecting
• German: Auswahl — process or act of selecting
• German: Wahl — process or act of selecting
• German: Aufruf — process or act of selecting
• German: Aussonderung — process or act of selecting
• Ancient Greek: ἐκλογή (eklogḗ) — process or act of selecting
• Hindi: चुनना (cunnā) — process or act of selecting
• Hindi: चयन करना (cayan karnā) — process or act of selecting
• Hungarian: kiválasztás — process or act of selecting
• Hungarian: kiválogatás — process or act of selecting
• Hungarian: választás — process or act of selecting
• Hungarian: válogatás — process or act of selecting
• Hungarian: szelektálás — process or act of selecting
• Irish: rogha — process or act of selecting
• Italian: selezione — process or act of selecting
• Japanese: 選択 (sentaku) — process or act of selecting
• Korean: 선택 (seontaek) — process or act of selecting
• Latin: sēlēctiō — process or act of selecting
• Malay: pemilihan — process or act of selecting
• Norwegian Bokmål: utvalg — process or act of selecting
• Norwegian Bokmål: utvelgelse — process or act of selecting
• Norwegian Bokmål: seleksjon — process or act of selecting
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utval — process or act of selecting
• Norwegian Nynorsk: seleksjon — process or act of selecting
• Persian: گزینش (gozineš) — process or act of selecting
• Persian: انتخاب (entexâb) — process or act of selecting
• Polish: selekcja — process or act of selecting
• Portuguese: seleção — process or act of selecting
• Romanian: selectare — process or act of selecting
• Romanian: selecție — process or act of selecting
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — process or act of selecting
• Russian: отбо́р (otbór) — process or act of selecting
• Russian: селе́кция (selékcija) — process or act of selecting
• Scottish Gaelic: taghadh — process or act of selecting
• Serbo-Croatian: селекција — process or act of selecting
• Serbo-Croatian: selekcija — process or act of selecting
• Slovak: výber — process or act of selecting
• Slovak: selekcia — process or act of selecting
• Slovene: selekcija — process or act of selecting
• Slovene: izbira — process or act of selecting
• Spanish: selección — process or act of selecting
• Swedish: urval — process or act of selecting
• Tagalog: pilian — process or act of selecting
• Turkish: seçme — process or act of selecting
• Turkish: ayırma — process or act of selecting
• Ottoman Turkish: اختیار (ihtiyâr) — process or act of selecting
• Ukrainian: ви́бір (výbir) — process or act of selecting
• Ukrainian: відбі́р (vidbír) — process or act of selecting
• Walloon: relijhaedje — process or act of selecting
• Walloon: tchoezixhaedje — process or act of selecting
• Yiddish: וואַל (val) — process or act of selecting
• Armenian: ընտրություն (əntrutʻyun) — something selected
• Basque: aukera — something selected
• Bulgarian: избор (izbor) — something selected
• Bulgarian: подборка (podborka) — something selected
• Finnish: valinta — something selected
• French: sélection — something selected
• Galician: escolla — something selected
• German: Auslese — something selected
• German: Auswahl — something selected
• German: Markierung — something selected
• German: Nominierung — something selected
• German: Sichtung — something selected
• Ancient Greek: ἐκλογή (eklogḗ) — something selected
• Hindi: चयन (cayan) — something selected
• Hindi: चयनित (caynit) — something selected
• Hungarian: választás — something selected
• Hungarian: döntés — something selected
• Irish: rogha — something selected
• Māori: whiringa — something selected
• Māori: kōwhitinga — something selected
• Māori: tīpakonga — something selected
• Norwegian Bokmål: utvalg — something selected
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utval — something selected
• Persian: گزینه (gozine) — something selected
• Portuguese: seleção — something selected
• Romanian: selecție — something selected
• Russian: вы́бор (výbor) — something selected
• Serbo-Croatian: избор — something selected
• Serbo-Croatian: izbor — something selected
• Slovak: výber — something selected
• Slovak: voľba — something selected
• Slovene: izbor — something selected
• Spanish: selección — something selected
• Turkish: seçenek — something selected
• Turkish: seleksiyon — something selected
• Turkish: seçilen — something selected
• Basque: aukera — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Bulgarian: подборка (podborka) — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Finnish: valikoima — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Finnish: tarjooma — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Galician: escolma — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• German: Auslese — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• German: Auswahl — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• German: Markierung — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• German: Nominierung — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• German: Sichtung — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Ancient Greek: ἐκλογή (eklogḗ) — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Hungarian: válogatás — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Hungarian: választék — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Māori: tīpakonga — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Norwegian Bokmål: utvalg — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Norwegian Nynorsk: utval — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Persian: برگزیده (bargozide) — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Portuguese: seleção — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Romanian: selecție — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Romanian: culegere — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Romanian: alegere — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Russian: вы́борка (výborka) — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Russian: подбо́рка (podbórka) — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Slovak: výber — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Slovene: izbor — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Tagalog: pilian — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Turkish: seleksiyon — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Turkish: seçilen — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Walloon: relijha — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Walloon: leccion — variety of items taken from a larger collection
• Hungarian: kiválasztódás — biology: natural selection
• Hungarian: kiválogatódás — biology: natural selection
• Hungarian: szelekció — biology: natural selection