élite

Unadapted borrowing from French élite.

élite (comparative more élite, superlative most élite)

1. Alternative spelling of elite
   • 2002, Clive Jones, Emma Murphy, Israel: Challenges to Identity, Democracy, and the State, Routledge, →ISBN, page 27:

     Ben-Gurion’s legacy has been an enduring one. The projection of a national consensus, the domination of the state over other political actors, and the hegemony exercised over decision-making by a largely Ashkanazim élite remain features of Israeli politics today.

   • 2009 September 28, Farhad Manjoo, “Is Wikipedia a Victim of Its Own Success?”, in TIME.COM‎, archived from the original on 23 September 2009, page 2:

     Over time, though, a class system emerged; now revisions made by infrequent contributors are much likelier to be undone by élite Wikipedians.

élite (plural élites)

1. Alternative spelling of elite
   • 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part III: “The Mayors”, chapter 6, page 101, ¶ 5

     A hush had fallen over the élite in the ballroom, as a broad path was cleared for the throne. Lepold sat on it now, hands solidly on its arms, head high, face frozen.

• Eitel, Leite, Tiele

Feminine of élit (“chosen, selected”), old past participle of verb élire (displaced in modern use by élu).

élite f (plural élites)

1. elite

• élitaire
• élitisme

• “élite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unadapted borrowing from French élite. Doublet of eletta.

• IPA^(key): /eˈlit/[1]
• Rhymes: -it

élite f (invariable)

1. elite

• elitario
• elitarismo
• elitismo

• élite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• etile, letei, liete

• elite

Borrowed from French élite.

• IPA^(key): /ˈelite/ [ˈe.li.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -elite
• Syllabification: é‧li‧te

élite f (plural élites)

1. elite

• “élite”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014