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• /səˈlɛktɪv/
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• rhymes with -ɛktɪv
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH0 L EH1 K T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: избирателен (izbiratelen) — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Catalan: selectiu — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Finnish: valikoiva — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Finnish: selektiivinen — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• French: sélectif — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• German: selektiv — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• German: auswählend — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• German: herausgreifend — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• German: ausgewählt — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• German: gezielt — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• German: punktuell — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Italian: selettivo — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Norwegian Bokmål: selektiv — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Norwegian Nynorsk: selektiv — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Polish: selektywny — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Polish: wybiórczy — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Portuguese: seletivo — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Romanian: selectiv — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Romanian: de selecție — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Russian: вы́борный (výbornyj) — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Russian: селекти́вный (selektívnyj) — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Russian: избира́тельный (izbirátelʹnyj) — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Slovak: selektívny — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Slovak: selekčný — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Spanish: selectivo — of or pertaining to the process of selection
• Bulgarian: селективен (selektiven) — of or relating to natural selection
• German: selektiv — of or relating to natural selection
• German: Selektions- — of or relating to natural selection
• Arabic: اِنْتِقَائِيّ (intiqāʔiyy) — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Bulgarian: придирчив (pridirčiv) — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Catalan: selectiu — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Czech: vybíravý — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Finnish: valikoiva — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Finnish: selektiivinen — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• French: sélectif — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• German: wählerisch — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Greek: εκλεκτικός (eklektikós) — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Ancient Greek: ἐκλεκτικός (eklektikós) — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Polish: wybiórczy — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Russian: разбо́рчивый (razbórčivyj) — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Russian: перебо́рчивый (perebórčivyj) — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Serbo-Croatian: probìrljiv — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Serbo-Croatian: izbìrljiv — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Slovak: vyberavý — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Slovak: prieberčivý — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Spanish: selectivo — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
• Turkish: seçici — choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting